Opinion & SATIRE
Showcasing Diversity of Thought
There is nothing that shapes the political landscape more than ideas. Our identities, perspectives, and backgrounds all reflect the way we digest and understand world events as they happen around us. The Caravel’s Opinion section hopes to create an open platform for a more in-depth exploration of identities and ideas, with all the nuances they carry, by sourcing opinions from passionate students, faculty, and everyone in between. As opinions are representative of different perspectives, they cannot be restricted to one lens. The Opinion section encourages all forms of discourse, including creative expression such as satire and cartooning.
SUBMISSION guidelines
We’re open to everything from the most barebones of pitches to the most fleshed out drafts. Send all pitches or drafts to thecaravelgu.opinion@gmail.com, and we’ll work with you from there.
The ideal article is anywhere between 600 to 1200 words, but we will consider submissions of any length. Anyone can submit, not just members of the Georgetown community.
We reserve the right to edit anything you submit for publication, and we reserve the right not to publish a piece. We will not publish discriminatory or inflammatory speech of any kind. We will not publish work that has already been published elsewhere.
Viewpoints
editor
Kavya Shah
Kavya Shah is a freshman in the School of Foreign Service majoring in Science, Technology and International Affairs with a concentration in Biotechnology and Global Health. She is also pursuing a minor in Spanish. Kavya joined the Caravel in her freshman fall as a writer for the Latin America and Caribbean Section and transitioned to the Opinion editor team in spring 2021. Her academic interests include biosecurity and global health, conflict resolution, geopolitics, and the relationship between language and culture.
ISHAAN RAI
Ishaan Rai is a junior in the School of Foreign Service majoring in International Politics with a minor in Economics. Ishaan joined the Caravel in his freshman fall as a writer for the Indo-Asia-Pacific section and transitioned to the Opinion editor team in the fall of 2021. He also contributes to The Caravel’s Crow’s Nest analysis section, and his academic interests include geopolitics, particularly relating to South Asia and the Middle East, statistics, and political economy.