The Yale Globalist
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The Yale Globalist is a quarterly undergraduate magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...

 of international affairs
International relations
International relations is the study of relationships between countries, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations , international nongovernmental organizations , non-governmental organizations and multinational corporations...

 from Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...

. The magazine is written, edited, and published entirely by undergraduate students. The Yale Globalist is a founding member of Global21
Global21
Global21 is a network of student-run international affairs magazines at premier universities around the world.- History :Originally called The Globalist Foundation, Global21 was established by a group of undergraduate students at Yale University in 2005...

, a network of student-run foreign affairs magazines at premier universities around the world.

Each issue of the The Yale Globalist is centered around a theme: representative examples from past issues include Immigration, the Politics of Sex, and the Rise of the Left in Latin America. The magazine's staff also travels abroad on annual research trips. In 2007, Globalist writers were in Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

 during the controversial closing of the cable television station RCTV
RCTV
Radio Caracas Televisión Internacional is a Venezuelan cable television network headquartered in the Caracas neighborhood of Quinta Crespo. It was sometimes referred to as the Canal de Bárcenas. Owned by Empresas 1BC, RCTV Internacional was inaugurated as Radio Caracas Televisión on 15 November...

. They also toured oil fields with the state oil company PDVSA and met with key opposition leaders such as Carabobo
Carabobo
Carabobo State is one of the 23 states of Venezuela, located in the north of the country, about two hours by car from Caracas. The capital city of this state is Valencia, which is also the country's main industrial center. The state's area is 4,650 km² and had an estimated population of...

 state governor Henrique Salas Römer
Henrique Salas Römer
Henrique Salas Römer is a Venezuelan capitalist economist , politically active in Venezuela since 1983.-Biography:He was the governor of Carabobo , being succeeded by his son, Henrique Salas Feo...

. In 2008, the Globalist's staff traveled to Delhi, India to take a first-hand look at Delhi's economic and political development. Most recently, the Globalist has traveled to Tanzania and Indonesia, in 2009 and 2010, respectively.
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