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The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Zelenska: Giving Up on Ukraine Would Be ‘Turning Your Back on Your Own Future’

Zelenska: Giving Up on Ukraine Would Be ‘Turning Your Back on Your Own Future’

By Evie Steele and Caitlin McLean September 23, 2023

First lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska warned that a potential Ukrainian defeat could spur global instability in a speech at Georgetown University’s Gaston Hall. “If we were to imagine that Ukraine...

Panel: Ukrainian Sovereignty Relies on Foreign Policy

Panel: Ukrainian Sovereignty Relies on Foreign Policy

By Priyasha Chakravarti March 25, 2022

The future of Ukraine’s sovereignty is inextricably linked to United States foreign policy, panelists said at a March 22 event.  The event, titled “War in Ukraine: What Next?”, featured...

Congress Should Strive Toward Deescalation in Iran, Panel Says

Congress Should Strive Toward Deescalation in Iran, Panel Says

By Yalda Zarrabi January 17, 2020

Congressional pushback on presidential foreign policies is essential to quelling the escalating tensions between Iran and the United States, Program Director of the Institute for Policy Studies Phyllis...

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Movie Review: ‘Last Flag Flying’

By Alexandra Brunjes November 13, 2017

★★★★★ Striking the perfect balance between heartwarming and heart-wrenching, director Richard Linklater’s newest film, “Last Flag Flying,” is a must-see. Starring Steve Carell, Laurence...

DREAMWORKS STUDIOS

Miles Teller, Jason Hall and Adam Schumann on ‘Thank You for Your Service’

By Olivia Jimenez October 6, 2017

Oct. 27 will mark screenwriter Jason Hall’s directorial debut with “Thank You for Your Service.” Starring Miles Teller as real-life veteran Adam Schumann, the film explores the difficult transition...

CROSS CREEK PICTURES

Producer Terry Benedict on “Hacksaw Ridge,” Desmond Doss

By Meena Raman March 6, 2017

“Hacksaw Ridge,” a harrowing biographical war film about American pacifist and Medal of Honor recipient Desmond Doss, received no shortage of accolades this film awards season. Selected as one...

NORDISK FILM

Movie Review: ‘Land of Mine’

By Yewande Ilawole March 3, 2017

★★★★★ Films about World War II typically deal with similar stories, similar types of characters or similar types of narrative voices. As a subject of film, war has always been wildly popular,...

GREGORY: Preparing For Syrian  Peace Talks

GREGORY: Preparing For Syrian Peace Talks

By Matt Gregory February 12, 2016

When negotiations between Syrian government and opposition representatives designed to establish a rudimentary framework for ending the country’s ongoing civil war began on Feb. 2, hopes were dim that...

Tossed, But Not Sunk

Tossed, But Not Sunk

By Benjamin Cavat-Negbaur November 17, 2015

Fluctuat nec mergitur. Latin for “tossed but not sunk,” has been the motto of Paris for more than six hundred years. It has never been more relevant than it is today, three days after the terrorist...

MEANEY AND HOYT: A Generation Marked by Fear

By Michael Meaney and Matthew Hoyt October 31, 2011

After the Lusitania, the Battle of the Somme, the first Wall Street crash and rampant unemployment, during vitriolic politics and national division, we had a New Deal. Our leaders told us to have no fear. Even...

Shortcomings of the Afghanistan Strategy

By Andrew Mullikin November 2, 2010

Since the publication of my last article for THE HOYA, ("Long-Term Forecast for Afghanistan Looks Grim," Oct. 26, 2010, www.thehoya.com), I've been asked several times how the United States could win in...

Long-Term Forecast for Afghanistan Looks Grim

By Andrew Mullikin October 25, 2010

"Obama's War" has increasingly come under fire in the media and the American public. Like Iraq, Afghanistan has become the war that cannot be won. While American political focus fixated on Iraq, Afghanistan...

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