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Congratulations to all Fall/Winter 2025 medal winners on the quality of your submissions!
Gold Medal
Esther Cui. Tempe Preparatory Academy. “Access for Sale: How Armed Actors Monetize Food Systems in Fragile States”
Kaitlyn Oh. Singapore American School. “Trading the Living: Biopiracy in a Shared Biosphere”
Lezhi Chen. QSI Montenegro. “Regional Water Tension in Northeast Africa: Fragmented Stewardship in the Nile River Basin”
Bohan Ren. Keystone Academy. “Dancing on a Volcano: 23andMe Bankruptcy and the Sovereignty of DNA”
Yue Yiming. Basis International School Park Lane Harbour. “From Banana Stems to Bagasse: Power Through Packaging”
Bill Li. Christ's College. “Urban Aging and Resilience: Lessons from Singapore Policy Response”
Elizabeth Sim. Milton Academy. “Guardians Without Sovereignty: Indigenous Rights and the State-Centric Governance of the Arctic”
Jiaming Shi. Mulgrave School. “Buenos Aires: A Collaborative Approach to Becoming a Resilient City”
Jeonghu Min. Busan Foreign School. “Health Power: Emerging Nations Redefine Global Health Leadership”
Arushi Mallick. The Harker School. “A New Anchor in Asian Trade: Vietnam Strategic Embrace of Free Trade Agreements”
Sirui Chen. Beijing No. 101 Middle/High School. “The Language of Smart Cities: Digital Infrastructure and Linguistic Survival on the Tibetan Plateau”
Haowen Lu. Crescent School.“The Infrastructure of Acceptance: How Copenhagen Redefined Resilience by Listening to Nature”
LONGYUAN HU. Chongqing Yucai Secondary School. “Beyond Geopolitics: South Africa’s Multipolarity Is Turning Complexity into Capital”
Yongzhi Lan. RDFZ Xishan School. “Excluded From the Dataset: How Mobile-Based Big Data Makes the Most Vulnerable Invisible”
CHENGYU GU. SJI International. “Bhutan’s Green Paradox: Carbon-Negative Leadership Amid Development Constraints”
Jenna Lee. Singapore American School. “Fragmentation Over Collectivity: ASEAN Implementation of Strategic Hedging”
Jihu Koo. Seoul International School. “A City Breaking Point: Aging, Care Costs, and Invisible Deaths”
Amy Yuan. Winston Churchill High School. “The High Seas Have Rules. Insurance Enforces Them”
Sloane Lorenzo. Immaculate Conception Academy Greenhills. “Anti-Antibiotics: How India Antibiotic Crisis Is Becoming a Global Threat”
Li Yuanmo. Shanghai Jinshan Hangzhou-Bay Bilingual School. “The Shadow of a Model: Gender Violence and the Lack of Global Responsibility in South Korea's Rise”
Jayden Huh. Choate Rosemary Hall. “From Rags to Riches: Guyana High-Stakes Path to Regional Power”
Rui Wang. Hangzhou Foreign Languages School. “From Genetic Resources to Digital Commons: The Emerging Fault Lines in Global Biodiversity Governance”
Zhuoer Zheng. Wellington College International Hangzhou. “At a Global Crossroads: Saudi Arabia, Oil Hegemony, and the Choice Between Extractive Power and Sustainable Order”
Claire Park. Seoul International School. “Morocco and the Quiet Architecture of Emerging Power?,Finance and Economics”
Grace Dai. Blair Academy. “The Roots of Jilin: Ginseng Path Beyond a Commodity”
YIZHEN HAN. Basis International School Guangzhou. “Who Receives Climate Protection? Jakarta's Housing Crisis and the Politics of Urban Resilience”
Kayyisah Kayyisah. Mentari Intercultural School Bintaro. “Sovereignty by Statute: Pretoria Normative Insurgency against G7 Exceptionalism”
SHINHO LEE. Korea International School Jeju. “How Taiwan Has Turned Semiconductor Supremacy into Geopolitical Power”
Chenkai Wang.United World College Changshu China. “The Pragmatic Pivot: How the Global South Reshaped US Digital Strategy”
Eric Wang. St. George's School. “China Rare Earth Dominance Poses Challenges For Western Resource Sovereignty”
Bohan Hu. Basis International School Hangzhou. “Chile’s Leadership in Latin American Neurodiplomacy”
Silver Medal
Wei Fan. Majestic International College. “Stewarding Resources in the Global Food System: Insights from Chile's Cherry Trade”
Fujia Yan. Guangdong Guangya High School. “The Way of "He" (Harmony): Confucian Wisdom in the Reconstruction of World Order”
Hongyi Li. Beijing National Day School. “Deep Sea Mining and the Tension on Ocean Stewardship”
Shushu Qiao. International School of the Gothenburg Region. “Our Dying Common: The Antarctic Crisis”
Gou Xinrui. Tianfu School. “After Dark: How Night Markets Reveal the Hidden Resilience of Cities”
Shuman Zheng. The Athenian School. “How Senior Education Drives Economic Growth and Supports Mental Well-Being”
Arin Lee. Chadwick International. “How Great-power Competition Is Reshaping Arctic Governance”
Yoonu Park. Mercersburg Academy. “The New Moon Race: Early Governance and the Future of Lunar Resource Access”
Yu Qin. Beijing National Day School. “Reclaiming Indigenous Wisdom: Australia’s Pivot in Wildfire Governance and Its Global Lessons”
Yuchen Yin. Nanjing Foreign Language School. “City Shrinkage and Experimental Regeneration: Reimagining Life Beyond Big Cities”
Hang Yui Henry Kwok. Basis international School Shenzhen. “The Middle Kingdom in the Middle East: China’s Global Security Initiative and the Israel–Gaza Conflict”
Wu Jiayang. Shenzhen Foreign Languages School. “From "No Entering" to "Pass Together": The Invisible Cost of Urban Fragmentation and Reconstruction Opportunity”
Zixin Zhou. Shenzhen College of International Education. “From Genocide to the “African Singapore”: Rwanda’s Neo-colonial Path to Prosperity”
Yingrui LIU. Shanghai Adcote School. “Why Institution-Building is the True Key to Economic Reform”
Yan Chit Andrew Song. Shanghai High School International Division. “Game-Changing Sports-Anchored Mixed-Use Districts”
Zeyuan Wang. Shanghai Starriver Bilingual School. “Who Owns the Genetic Commons? Synthetic Biology and the New Battle Over Biodiversity Data”
Wang Yixuan. Hefei 168 High School. “Critical Minerals: Deep-sea Mining Becomes Their New Battleground”
Zhongning Du. Chinese Internaional School. “Rifts of Hong Kong’s Education System: A Lesson on Wealth, Poverty, and Opportunity”
Sze Ka Cecilia Lu. Basis International School Guangzhou. “From Golden Arches to Chickenjoy: How Regional Fast-Food Powers Redefined Vietnam’s Market”
Yuchen Wang. Tianjin Farragut school. “Heat at the Margins: Urban Extreme Heat and Informal Workers”
Shangjun Xie. Shanghai Pinghe High School. “The Orbital Enablers of Modern War”
Jiyu Song. Korea International School Jeju.“Modernizing the US-ROK Alliance: South Korea Emergence as a Strategic Middle Power
Yannik Arvid Greif. Einstein - Gymnasium Neuenhagen.“Transparency as Power: Why Global SWFs Need Global Oversight”
Lea Choi. Bergen County Academies. “Resilient Cities, Exposed Workers: The Heat Paradox of the Gulf”
Ahyeon Kim. St. Mark's School. “Urbanization at Risk: How Criminal Networks Capture Africa Construction Boom”
Ziyu Su. Beijing No.4 High School International Campus. “Intrusive Urban Advertising: Fighting Back for Your Wallet and Attention”
Pengan Ye. Hangzhou Foreign Language School. “African Beauty’s Rise: Edible Formulations and Global Synergy Are Rewriting the Industry”
Carrie Yang. Mercersburg Academy. “The Plight of Longevity: China's and Japan's Response to Rapidly Aging Demographics”
Yejin Kim. The American School in Japan. “Drier Cities for a Wetter Future: Sponge Cities in Shanghai”
Hanyu Jia. Cheshire Academy. “Shared Heritage, Unequal Outcomes: Deep-Sea Mining and the Global Commons”
Ziyi Gu. The Lawrenceville School. “Connect the Dots: Charting the Polycentric Future”
Tomiris Shakenova. Kazakhstan International School. “The Invisible Bricks: Analyzing the Psychological Invisibility of Immigrant Workers in Dubai Through a Historical Lens”
Hansol Lee. Cheongshim International Academy. “The Siberian Tug-of-War: China “Conquest” for the Russian Far East”
YEMUN SI. Guangdong Guangya High School. “Shaping without Dominating: Turkey’s Three-Center Strategy in a Fragmented Global Order”
Woojin Sung. Cairo American College. “The Blind Spot of Research in a Digital Age: Stewardship of Digital Sequence Information”
Zhang, Ethan. BASIS International School Shenzhen. “Slums as Sanctuaries: How Shenzhen's Urban Villages Power a Megacity”
Tamako Miki. The American School in Japan. “Cities That Assume the Worst: Planning Urban Resilience in an Age of Permanent Risk”
Xinran Li. The Experimental High School Attached To Beijing Normal University. “Global Design, Local Resilience and the Homogenization of Urban Space”
Jiwon Huh. Korea International School. “No Patents on Life”
Chenwei Liu. The Webb Schools, CA. “Made in Mexico”
Xunan Zheng. The High School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal University Jiangning Campus. “Behind the Data Iron Curtain: How Data Sovereignty Is Fracturing the Global AI Commons”
Zhijing Zhang. Basis International School Hangzhou. “Urban Cable Cars：Linking Mobility, Urban Integration, and Social Inclusion”
Jinwei Hu. Monta Vista High School. “Cities in Motion: The Floating Population and the Making of Urban Resilience”
ZHENG-YU HUANG. Chingshin Academy. “The Tragedy of Maintenance: Challenges in Digital Commons Stewardship”
XU Ruoxi. St. Paul’s Convent School. “Litmus Test for Urban Resilience: LGBTQ+ Rights and Conflict Governance”
Pu Cui. International School of the Sacred Heart. “Dominated by Visibility: How Social Media Erases and Amplifies Conflict in Sudan and Israel-Palestine”
Changqi Chen. Fettes College Guangzhou. “A New Arena of Influence: Analysis of the Economic and Geopolitical Impact of Saudi Arabia's Sports Investment Strategy through 2034”
Shanni Zou. Sierra Canyon School. “Emerging Women Leaders in the Pacific Islands—Catalysts for Global Climate Governance for Small States”
Yilin Jiang. Shanghai Starriver Bilingual School. “The Invisible Frontlines: Building Climate Resilience in Africa’s Informal Settlements”
Akaash Das. Dhirubhai Ambani International School. “Air Pollution: Is Clean Air Becoming a Luxury Good in Megacities?”
Muyao Yao. Point Grey Secondary School. “Changes in Technological Models––AI Sovereignty and Challenges Prompted by Education”
Elizabeth Song. Shenzhen Hualang School. “Sustainability in Space: A Global Governance Crisis”
Gaojin Yu. Nanjing Foreign Language School. “The Rigidity of masterpieces vs. the Resilience of Ecosystems: Two Logics of State-Led Urbanization”
Chenrui Fan. Shenzhen College of International Education. “The Digital Enclosure: Germany’s Responsibility to Prevent a Second “Seed War” in the High Seas”
Benjamin Qiu. Shanghai American School Pudong Campus. “Resilience Through Integration: A Comparison of Informal Mobility Governance in Singapore and Bogotá”
Hsiao, Mi-Chien. Pu Tai Senior High School. “The Transformation of Resilient City: From Mechanisms to Social Connectivity”
Geng Li. Beijing National Day School. “From Drought to Flood: The Water Paradox of Beijing
Jiang Ziqi. Suzhou Foreign Language School. “Vietnam’s Digital Ascent: How Digital and AI Technologies Are Expanding Its Economic Role in the Global Order”
Yunyang Zeng, Yanchen He. Chengdu Foreign Languages School. “The "invisible" crises in resilient cities: The survival predicament of the elderly population in India during climate disasters”
Kandi Hoi. Shanghai American School. “The Public Health Crisis of Health Influencers”
Jaewon Jin. Yongsan International School. “Can Artificial Intelligence Strengthen Seoul Urban Resilience Through Its Public Transportation System?”
Yixuan Sun. Culver Academies. “Aging Faster Than Cities Can Adapt”
Zuoyuan Wang. Upper Canada College. “China Belt and Road Initiative: Evolving Infrastructure or Geopolitical Dominance?”
Wang Ziyi. YK Pao School. “The Pride Paradox: Global Soft Power and the Backlash Against LGBTQ+ Rights”
Alvin Chen. Taipei Fuhsing Private School. “From Chokepoints to Constraints: How Gulf Logistics Reconfigures the International Economic Order”
Kaixi Deng. Shenzhen College of International Education(SCIE). “The Mass Disabling Era: How Global Crises Are Increasing Disability Worldwide”
Yiding Wang. Beijing No.4 High School. “Beyond the Great Powers: The Politics of Space and Africa’s Struggle for Democratic Access”
Junjie Yang. Diamond Bar High School. “Screening Before Scars: How AI Prospecting Is Reshaping the Rare Earth Rush”
Bozhi Yang. Sendelta International school. ““Free Shipping” Isn’t Free”
Qiyi Xin. The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China. “New Cairo: A Poorly Planned Military Palace”
Xuanchen Li. Beijing No.8 High School. “When Climate Risk Hits the Balance Sheet: How Credit Ratings Are Quietly Reshaping Urban Resilience”
QI QI. Shanghai Pinghe School. “South Africa’s Role in Decolonizing Genocide Studies”
Chow Zi Qi. Concordia International School Shanghai. “The Hidden Bottleneck in the AI Boom: Water”
Junlin Chen.The Affiliated High School of SCNU. “Financing Our Shared Future: Mobilizing Capital for Global Commons in a Fractured World”
Yuhan Wu. HD Beijing School. “Cyber Cities: How Modern Digital Infrastructure Is Excluding Our World's Elderly”
Jincheng Yang.No. 2 High School of East China Normal University. “Opportunity or Oppression: Labor Impacts of the 2026 World Cup”
Bronze Medal
Yulei Zhang, Manlin Fang. Beijing National Day School. “India's Digital Public Infrastructure as Statecraft”
Duanduan Han. Beijing New Talent Acedamy. “Charting a New Passage: How India's Shared Talent is Redrawing the Map of Canada and Global Power”
Liyuan Liu. Sanford School. “South Korea's Defense Exports and the Rise of Reliability-Based Influence”
WILLIAM ZHAO. Phillips Exeter Academy. “Arctic Resource Extraction and Indigenous Sovereignty: Redefining Power and Protection”
Chiao Hsin Yu. Putai Senior High School. “How Secondhand Luxury Markets Are Redefining Emerging Economic Powers in America”
Ettan Sharma. Hagerty High School. “When the Fed Sneezes, the World Catches a Cold”
Alice Nah. The Peddie School “The Hidden Costs of Digital Urbanization”
Haeryoung Song. Saint Paul Preparatory Seoul. “Africa's Urban Boom and the Limits of Foreign-Funded Development”
Haoliang Jiang (Hugo). Cathedral Catholic High School. “Educational Inspirations Behind Sino-Vatican Tension”
Dave Gan. School of the Arts Singapore. “From Coasts to Crisis: How China Overfishing is Destroying West Africa Waters”
Litong Zhang. Shenzhen College of International Education. “Software Over Hardware and the Divergent Paths of Urban Resilience in Singapore, Medellín and San Francisco”
Minseo Ho. Palo Alto High School. “Cancer Doesn't Discriminatehy Do Our Cities?”
Chen You Tung. PuTai Senior High School. “Seeds of Autonomy: Breaking Down Taiwan's Legal and Digital Barriers”
Claire Ha. Harvard -Westlake School. “Turning the Tides: Rotterdam Rise as a Water-Resilient City”
Ailun Zhong. Shanghai Starriver Bilingual School. “Singapore: Where Institutionalized Healthcare Makes Room for Faith”
Allison Yi. Avenues: The World School. “Noise Pollution in Modern Megacities: A Not-So-Silent Crisis”
Isabella Fu. Shanghai American School (Puxi Campus). “How Housing Policy Shapes Vulnerability in a Warming World”
Weiyi Zhang.Shanghai Southwest Weiyu Secondary School. “Energy and Environment: Urbanization and Mongolia’s Air Pollution Crisis”
Chansol Lee.NLCS Jeju. “Toward Global Governance of the DNA Commons”
Edward Xu. Appleby College. “The Road to Resilient Cities and Urban Futures”
Tianyu Xiong. Shenzhen Middle School. “Race Against the Tides: Can Guyana Capitalize on its Oil Riches Before Rising Seas Inundate Its Capital Georgetown?”
Eric wang. Northfield Mount Hermon. “From Smog to Sky: Beijing Environmental Turnaround”
Jason Chung. Seoul International School. “Commons or Commodities: The Political Economy of Seeds in a Globalized World”
Haoyu Du. Zhejiang Fuyang High School International Center. “Building People-Centered Cities: A Lesson from Pontevedra’s Sustainable Transport”
Minjae You. Seoul International School. “Melting the Commons: The Urgent Need for Governance in the Race for the Arctic”
Jinghan Yao. Horace Mann School. “Between Two Giants: Hong Kong’s Economic Balancing Act”
Jinwoo Ahn. Chadwick International: International School in Songdo, Korea. “From Ruins to Resilient Skylines: Korea Green Cities as a New Competitive Edge”
Borui Jiang. Mercersburg Academy. “Science Has No Nationality: Indonesia and India’s Bargain With Pandemic Cooperation”
Rachel Yanyi Zhang. Basis International School Shenzhen. “Finland’s Political Rise as International Powers Storm into the Arctic”
ZHANG AONI. The Experimental High School Attached toBeijing Normal University. “Trapped in the Assembly line: Vietnam’s Rise and Structural Limits in the Reordered Global Economy”
Yoonchae Kayla Lee. Korea International School. “Power through Provision in the Post-Pandemic Order”
Nidhi Moolayil. XCL World Academy. “Lost in the Chaos: Punjab Drug Crisis and the Role of Urbanization in Shaping Its Future”
Ingrid Tang. Harrow International School Shenzhen. “The Arctic Ice Paradox: Commodification vs. Environmentalism”
Bihan Gao. Emma Willard School. “From Mobility Equity to Urban Equity: How Medellín’s Inclusive Transport Contributes to Urban Resilience”
Hokyeong Kwon. Cheongshim International Academy. “The Degradation of Earth Orbital Commons and the Rising Risks to Planetary Defense”
Yuwen Huang. Yongsan International School of Seoul. “Türkiye’s strategic approach in a Changing Global Order”
Dewen Lin. Fay School. “Saudi Arabia and the Architecture of Emerging World Power: Assessing the Limits of Constitutive Smart Power”
Zhixing Huang.X-New Education. “In Deep Water: The Adaptive Turn in Flood Risk Management”
Isabella Ho Rui Qi. Shanghai High School International Division. “From Mudflats to Metropolis: Singapore’s Blueprint for Urban Resilience”
Hannah Zhong, Elain Zhang. Shenzhen College of International Education. “A Step Back: Ukraine’s Innovative Defense Under Threat”
Duc Anh Le Do. Hanoi - Amsterdam High School for The Gifted. “Healing Hanoi: Green Transportation's Impact on Economic Segregation in Vietnam's Capital”
Seoyoon Jeong. Kent School. “How Thirsty Singapore Tapped Into Water-Solutions”
Audrey Mi. Palo Alto High School. “The Infrastructure Cities Overlook: Education, Nutrition, and Urban Resilience”
Mingze Gao. Nanjing Foreign Language School. “International Momentum for Climate-Resilient Reefs”
Yeonseo Kim. German Swiss International School. “The Phenomenon of Pagpag”
Yuxin Wu. Beijing No.80 High School. “Breaking the Tripartite Standoff: How Singapore Reshapes Global Digital Governance Rules via Soft Power”
Hannah Lee. Athne de Luxembourg. “Economic Promise Amid Environmental Peril: The Northern Sea Route”
Seoyeon Jung. Saint Paul Preparatory Seoul. “The Crumbling Initiative: How an Ecological Global Alliance is Falling Apart at the Seams”
Shota Sato. St. Mary's International School. “Whom Cities Can Keep: How Rising Food Prices Decide Who Gets to Stay in Global Cities”
Zicheng Ye. BasisASIS International School Guangzhou. “The New Citadel: How Private Capital Is Dividing the Future of Cities”
Justin Chen. Palo Alto High School. “Resilience Through Density: How Toyama's Compact City Serves Aging Populations”
Yijun Liu. Shanghai Datong Highschool. “The New Identity Divide: Global Challenge for Stewardship”
Xuanming Ren. Indian Springs School. “International Cooperation and Technological Advancements: Stopping Permafrost Thaw in Antarctica”
YUYANG HAN. Dao Xiang Lake School. “Cultivating Resilience: How Cuba's Urban Agriculture Built Food Security”
Zheng Shiyu. YK Pao School. “Rainwater Harvesting in Mexico City: Tackling Environmental Crises and Social Inequality”
Dayeon Kim. Chadwick International School. “Amazon Diplomacy: How Brazil is Redefining Climate Governance as Global Power”
Bruce Yu. Keystone Academy Beijing. “Timor-Leste: A Model of Post-colonial Countries Gaining Back Their Economic Autonomy”
Kexin Dong. Nanjing Jinling School Hexi Campus. “Reshaping Global Business Networks: Tech Hubs and Emerging Power in Africa”
Yixuan Jiang. Beijing National Day School. “When Workers Can’t Move: Transportation Inequality as a Hidden Threat to Urban Resilience”
Hejin Annie Wang. Eastbourne College. “Has Singapore Reached its Resilience Limits? How the Birth Rate Crisis Threatens its Urban Future”
Yutong Long. Shenzhen College Of International Education. “Indigenous Dong Wisdom as a Blueprint for Resilient Cities: Cooling Concrete Jungles to Safeguard Urban Public Health”
Zhilin Li. Suffield Academy. “The Human Cost of Green Shift in South Africa: Rethink the Balance between Global Benefits and Regional Sacrifices in the Low-Carbon Era”
Haorui Chen. Phillips Exeter Academy. “Layer by Layer: Solving the Global Housing Crisis with 3D-Printed Homes”
Kahei Hu. International School of Beijing. “The Contradiction of Inclusion for China’s Blind”
Marcus Zheng. Bloomfield Hills High School. “The Cobalt Kingmaker: Can the DRC Transmute Mineral Wealth Into Global Power?”
Haoxuan Shi. Whitgift School. “The emerging BRICS power in the global market is challenging the G7. How likely is it that BRICS develops into another post-Cold War bloc?”
Zetong Liu. Trinity College School (Canada). “Viable or Visionary? The Global Economics of Resilient City Design”
Seungah Han. Saint Paul Preparatory Seoul. “Women on Wheels: How Feminizing E-Mobility Can Reshape Urban Resilience and Futures”
Kexin Zhou. United World Collage ChangShu China. “Starlink, Space Commons and Governance Deficit: An Urgent Agenda of Global Shared Resource Management in the New Space Age”
Zeng Yangfanyu. Capbridge. “When the Land Runs Dry: Can Deep-Sea Mining Redefine Nauru’s Future?”
Chengyue Cai. Basis International School Shenzhen. “How Indonesia's New Capital Is Seeking to Create Sustainable Urbanization”
Lan Haoting. Guangdong Experimental High School International Department (AP). “Battery Diplomacy and the Rise of Mineral-based Emerging Powers”
Seung Won Oh. Seoul International School. “Indian Vaccine Diplomacy in the COVID Crisis”
Jin Huh. North London Collegiate School Jeju. “India Strategic Balancing Between Multipolar Sspirations and Global Responsibilities”
Yueqiao Gao. York House School. “Beyond the West—Japan’s Strategic Emergence in Stem Cell Research”
Harrison Wang. Appleby College. “The Code Commons at Risk: AI-Driven Supply Chain Threats in a Connected World”
Ziqian Qin. No.2 High School of East China Normal University. “From the Perspective of the Cities that Have Become Extremely Popular in China: What Negative Consequences Will the Influencer Economy Bring to the Cities”
Chun Ho Chan. Chinese International School. “Living Coffins: Individuals in Urban Society Who Go Unnoticed”
Alexander Choi. Korea International School. “Transactional Multipolar Diplomacy: Turkiye‘s Strategic Balancing Between NATO, Russia, and Regional Crises”
Dong Shanben. Basis International School Park Lane Harbour. “When Global Links Fragment: Pathways for Developing Countries to Adapt and Win”
Haibei Gao. The Masters School. “Whose Face, Whose City: Governance of Facial Recognition”
Xinhang Xie. Oaks Christian Highschool. “Smart Cities: Compromising Commercial and Social Security for National Identity”
Zhang Shijie. Beijing World Youth Academy. “Last-Mile Logistics: Navigating Urban Density with the Rise of the Low-Altitude Economy”
Jintian Zhu. Hwa Chong International School. “Stewardship Beyond Earth: Who Stops Elon Musk from Colonizing Mars?”
Yining Xia. Sendelta. “Slovenia's Bee Diplomacy: Redefining Statecraft for Small States”
Yutian Fu. North London Collegiate School (Singapore). “Vietnam's Role in the Strategically Autonomous and Fragmented Global Order”
Chen Yunzhu, Zhou Enmin. Shude Middle School Guanghua Campus, Chengdu/Chengdu Educational Science Research Institute Affiliated High School. “Youth as Catalysts: Integrating Youth-Led Initiatives intoUrban Resilience Planning”
Chen-Hsi Hsu. Kang Chiao International School Xiugang Campus. “Breaking Through the Red Ceiling is India’s Only Way to Greatness”
Allison Yushan Ma. Shanghai High School International Division. “The Digital Fault Line: How "Smart" Education Systems Threaten Urban Resilience
Tsz Ip Huo. Tsinglan School. “Beyond Concrete Walls: How Data Analytics Reshapes Urban Resilience”
Boyoon Choi. North London Collegiate School Jeju. “Isolationist Leverage in a Globalized Order: Weaponized Waste in North Korean Statecraft”
Hanning Yuan. Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University. “When Blue Carbon Fails as an Offset: Ecological Constraints and New Policy”
Jiarui Ji. Blundell’s school. “Bamboo-zled How “Liberation Day” Trapped Vietnam between Washington and Beijing”
Mocun Shen. Webb Schools. “The Corporatization of Music and the Decline of Cultural Production”
Adriana Wu. Shanghai American School. “Fractured Commons: Digital Sovereignty and China’s Feminist Struggle”
Yanlin Feng. Shenzhen College of International Education. “Ruling Long, Ruling Large: Leadership Longevity and Global Influence”
Qi You. Ningbo Xiaoshi High School. “Resilience Empowerment of the Informal Economy: Local Insights from Bangkok Street Vendors for the Global Urban Future”
Shi Qi Ooi. Chinese International School. “The Governance Abyss: How Paralysis at the International Seabed Authority Threatens the Deep Sea Commons”
Judy Feng. Shanghai Starriver Bilingual School. “Circular Bioeconomy: The Forgotten Potential of Turkey’s Forest-based Resources”
Sihan Ma. Tsinglan School. “The Purebred Paradox: How Canine Eugenics Fuels a Global Stray”
Lezhi Cheng. The Affiliated High School of Peking University. “The Juncao Conundrum: China’s “Magic Grass” and the Politics of Green Development”