Archive for Ian Shay
I am a Spanish major, peace studies minor at Gustavus Adolphus College, currently studying at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and staying with a host family in Miraflores, Lima.
Is the U.S. becoming more militarized?
Beyond a doubt, yes. There are those who point to the ridiculously disproportionate military budget. According to an article called “Our Taxes are Off to War,” by RandomNonviolence, military spending accounted for 51% of the 2010 discretionary budget, compared with 8% toward education and 5% toward health. Accounting for inflation, from 2010 to 2011 military […]
A Role for the U.N. in Libya
For those of you who, like myself until recently, have not had time lately to check the news, there is currently a revolution in Libya against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, the military dictator who has held power there for the past forty-one years. The Libyan revolution brings up some difficult questions of peace studies: where should […]