Jacob Wisnik

Jacob Wisnik

Jacob Wisnik is a senior majoring in International Relations (Global Business). Having spent a year of high school living abroad outside of Paris and his first year of college in Madrid, Jacob has developed a deep passion for international relations firsthand. On campus he is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, the Foreign Service Society, and spent this summer in South Korea interning as a USC Global Fellow. Jacob is specifically interested in the global economy, transportation, infrastructure, and defense. While Jacob is proud to have developed as a writer at Glimpse, it’s the close friendships with fellow authors that has made this organization feel like home.

wisnik@usc.edu

Living With Diabetes – A Global Perspective Reveals America Has Failed Us

A common reaction I get to people finding out that I’m a type 1 diabetic is a nodding of their heads and comments about how their grandparents share my ailment. I smile knowingly, often underpinning the significance of this disease ...

It’s Pride Month: Where Are We Now?

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – It’s a humid night in Itaewon, Seoul’s touristy hotspot packed with restaurants, bars and nightclubs. The street is filled with party-goers and food vendors; nightlife has seemingly made a full recovery from the stringent social distancing ...

Poland’s Refugee Crisis: The Impact of Russian Aggression on EU Security

Less than a year ago, the status of Poland and Hungary’s EU membership seemed to be in jeopardy. Both countries’ conservative leadership had been accused of undermining democracy and LGBTQ+ rights, pushing the Eastern European states further away from their ...

Forget The Nukes: Cyber Warfare Is North Korea’s Most Powerful Weapon

LOS ANGELES — In September 2021, North Korea launched two ballistic missiles, marking its first missile test since March. The ICBMs landed in the Sea of Japan and produced a mild international outcry, but no substantive action was taken by ...

How America Killed the Train: U.S. Transportation is Woefully Behind the Rest of the World

NEW YORK — It’s a sunny day on the Northeast Corridor as a bright blue train zips by — blink and it’s already gone. Amtrak, the United States’ subsidized rail service, is introducing new Acela Express train sets into service, ...

The Possibilities of a Post-Putin Russia

On November 5th, 2020, amid election chaos within the United States, several news sources began claiming that President Valdimir Putin would be resigning from office, possibly due to Parkinson’s disease. The news, originally reported by Britain’s mass market newspaper “The ...

What’s Been Happening to the LGBT Community in Poland?

Since early 2019, approximately one third of Polish regions have adopted resolutions to become “LGBT-Free Zones.” These resolutions are meant to publicize a rejection of “LGBT Ideology” and ban equality marches. While the declarations are largely symbolic, they illustrate the ...