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Yale should adapt its international security education to reflect the realities on the ground in 21st century warfare. 46 Hillhouse Avenue, where Yale’s International Security Studies program is housed. (Credit: Buckley Institute) Shailen SharmaContributor, The Buckley Beacon In April 2023, Sudan collapsed into open gunfighting in the streets as the state authority evaporated. The U.S. State Department embassy in Khartoum announced that, “Americans should have no expectation of a US government-coordinated evacuation at this time.” Around 16,000 American nationals were left stranded in the gray zone: a lawless space where territory is controlled by armed gunmen, and the U.S. government is incapable or unwilling to intervene.  Over two years later in October 2025,...

Reflections on Passover and the Yale regime. Hillhouse Avenue in New Haven, Conn. (Credit: Buckley Institute) Ari ShteinOpinions Editor, The Buckley Beacon Passover is upon us, the Jewish holiday which celebrates the Exodus narrative. As flowers burst forth from their buds, and throngs of Yalies pour out of the library onto Cross Campus in celebration of the muggy 65° overcast afternoons, we Jews spend a week remembering that only through the grace of God did we go free from slavery in Egypt 3,000 years ago. Indeed, we are told to remember that we went free — us, personally, not our ancestors. Why is this? The first answer I ever heard was a simple counterfactual: if not for God’s intervention, we would still today be slaves in Egypt. The point, then, is to dri...