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The Yale Journal of International Affairs (YJIA) is a graduate student-edited international affairs journal at the The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale in New Haven, CT. Twice each year, YJIA publishes articles, essays, notes, and commentary that cover a wide range of topics in international relations. These topics have often incorporated: Aid and Development, Defense and Security, Elections, Environment, Global Health, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, IMF and World Bank, Immigration, Information Technology and Media, International Drug Traffic, NATO, Peacekeeping and Conflict Resolution, Population, Religion, Terrorism, The UN, Trade and Globalization, US Role in the World, Women, General, Research and Analysis Links.

Previous notable contributors have included Samantha Power, Joseph Stiglitz, Georgian Ambassador Irakli Alasania, and United States Secretary for Homeland Security Michael Chertoff.

According to President Richard Levin of Yale University: "Founded and edited by students in the departments and professional schools across the University, the Journal has accepted submissions from Yale students, faculty, and alumni, as well as prominent scholars and practitioners based elsewhere. The Yale Journal of International Affairs Graduate Student Publication serves as a unique showcase for the University’s broad expertise in international affairs and as an important forum for scholarly debate on global issues."

Content
YJIA’s mission is, and has been from its creation five years ago, to focus on forward-looking pieces of scholarship that contribute to the analysis and research of international affairs and policy. . YJIA ordinarily publishes 3,000-5,000-word research articles as well as 1,000-2,000-word review essays on recent books and op-ed pieces.

YJIL’s most recent volume, Vol. 4, No. 1, Winter 2009, includes the following articles:


 * Ma Jun, NGOs and Environmental Governance in China


 * Tobias Franke, "Revisiting the ESS: Toward the EU as a Regional Player"


 * 'Dapo Oyewole, A New U.S. Policy Approach Toward Africa

Events
In recent years, YJIA has hosted various symposia at the The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale  covering such topics as:


 * Extraordinary Rendition, a conference chaired by Leila Sadat and Michael Reisman, both of whom were contributors to the Journal's Volume 3 Issue 2 Edition.
 * "Confronting Blood Diamonds: Trial of Charles Taylor", a talk by Dr Iryna Marchuk, whose piece is forthcoming in the Summer edition of Volume 4.

Former Editors-in-Chief

 * Richard Bullock (2005-06)
 * William Ko (2007-08)
 * Benjamin Shatil (2008-09)