USC Global Policy Institute

Bani Chauhan

Bani Chauhan is a sophomore at USC majoring in International Relations and minoring in Legal Studies and Business Law. Outside of GPI, she serves as a politics beat writer and copy editor for the Daily Trojan, a member of the Phi Alpha Delta pre-law fraternity, a member of the Society of Women in Law, a member of the Legal Studies Student Association, and a member of Blackstonians pre-law honor society.

U.S. Involvement in Venezuela: Oil, drugs, and the Trump Corollary

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An interview with Professor Richard Downie, a Professor in the USC M.A. in Global Security Studies Program On January 3, 2026, the United States military captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. The couple is currently in…

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Somalia and the Struggle for Stability and Survival

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Since the collapse of Somalia’s central government in 1991, the country has been experiencing conflict. This collapse was followed up by uprisings against the military dictatorship, ultimately leading to a full-scale civil war. These conditions created widespread human rights abuses,…

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From Ladakh to Kathmandu to Jakarta: Gen Z protests surge across South Asia

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Youth-led protests over restrictions on freedom of speech, frustrations with a lack of economic mobility, and anger over authoritarian governments have been breaking out across Southeast Asia, specifically in the Ladakh region of India, Nepal, and Indonesia.   Ladakh, a Buddhist…

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