Archive — TISSR

Volume I, Issue I

Spring 2026 — Six Papers

A Crisis of Confidence: Stagflation, Hostages, and the Fall of Jimmy Carter in the 1980 U.S. Election — and the Lasting Shadow on U.S. / Iran Relations
/ U.S. Political History

Jamie Cho ’27 Westlake High School California, United States
Opening the Bamboo Curtain: Nixon’s Visit, Panda Diplomacy, and the Enduring Legacy of U.S.-China Engagement
/ Diplomatic History

Alexander Carragher ’27 Notre Dame High School California, United States
Hitler’s Strategic Gambit: A Chessmaster Amidst Checkers
/ Modern European History

Sean Desind ’28 Oaks Christian School California, United States
Strategic Alliance, Contrasting Agendas: The Respective Motivations of the U.S. and Great Britain for the 1953 Anglo-American Removal of Mohammad Mossadegh
/ Diplomatic History, Middle Eastern Studies

Axel Ostergard ’27 Westlake High School California, United States
The Unconquerable Mind of Hannibal Barca
/ Ancient History

Ollie Marquez ’29 Harvard-Westlake School California, United States
Caesar: A New Kind of Leader
/ Ancient History

Jack Fischer ’28 Notre Dame High School California, United States