Reports of civil unrest in Venezuela reveal a strange scene. From militarized police vehicles, giant cannons shoot water straight into protesters, and tear gas grenades are blasted directly into crowds. Tall, white, street-width barricades attached t...
Karina Bao
Karina Bao '21 is a Staff Writer for the World Section of the Brown Political Review. Karina can be reached at karina_bao@brown.edu
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Reports of civil unrest in Venezuela reveal a strange scene. From militarized police vehicles, giant cannons shoot water straight into protesters, and tear gas grenades are blasted directly into crowds. Tall, white, street-width barricades attached t...
Karina Bao
Karina Bao
With weekly notifications about how Facebook has failed to protect consumers due to its pursuit of profits, the focus on regulating Facebook has centered around debates of privacy, election security, democracy, and data collection in the West. But un...
Karina Bao
Karina Bao
With weekly notifications about how Facebook has failed to protect consumers due to its pursuit of profits, the focus on regulating Facebook has centered around debates of privacy, election security, democracy, and data collection in the West. But un...
Karina Bao
Karina Bao
Embezzled, Confiscated, and Not Returned: The Politics of Western Asset Seizures of the Global South
In mid-September, Brazilian officials seized $1.4 million in cash and $15 million in watches from the unashamedly extravagant Vice President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodorin Nguema Obiang. Though this case is only in its early stages, it is minor compa...
Karina Bao
Karina Bao
Embezzled, Confiscated, and Not Returned: The Politics of Western Asset Seizures of the Global South
In mid-September, Brazilian officials seized $1.4 million in cash and $15 million in watches from the unashamedly extravagant Vice President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodorin Nguema Obiang. Though this case is only in its early stages, it is minor compa...
Karina Bao
Karina Bao
In the last two years, the Shanghai and Beijing Municipal Governments have been on a steady mission to, ostensibly, formalize the economy. Government officials sweep district-by-district, stopping at small restaurants, home-based noodle joints, local...
Karina Bao
Karina Bao
In the last two years, the Shanghai and Beijing Municipal Governments have been on a steady mission to, ostensibly, formalize the economy. Government officials sweep district-by-district, stopping at small restaurants, home-based noodle joints, local...
Karina Bao
Karina Bao