March 21, 2018
Should the UN Security Council Be Expanded?
The Security Council According to the United Nations, the UN Security Council was designed “for the maintenance of international peace and…
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February 26, 2018
Syria Conflicts Highlight Violations of Humanitarian International Law
Cease Fire Is Needed A recent wave of fighting in Syria, especially in the Eastern Ghouta zone near Damascus and…
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February 19, 2018
Anyone Who Cares About Human Rights Should Support R2P
State Sovereignty Trumps Human Life Among the core functional norms of the international political system, a responsibility to protect the…
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February 11, 2018
Do Sanctions Work?
US Is Leader In Sanctions Recently, the Trump Administration announced increased sanctions on travel to Cuba. However, Cuba is not…
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August 8, 2017
Brexit and the Future of the E.U.
The initial news of Brexit was greeted with dismay by a majority of people with a liberal internationalist outlook, myself…
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August 3, 2017
Why Net Neutrality Should Be Considered A Human Right
In 2012, the Human Rights Council of the United Nations determined that a connection to the internet is a human…
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July 19, 2017
Rapid Ratification Needed of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
On 7 July 2017, at the United Nations in New York, a Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was…
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July 6, 2017
Declaration of Peace
That all humans are a single family living on a fragile and endangered planet whose life support systems must remain…
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June 12, 2017
Let My Children Go: World Efforts to Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labor
12 June is a red letter day on the UN agenda of events as the World Day Against Child Labor. …
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May 6, 2017
Venezuela and the Fate of Latin American Democracy
As a student of Latin American history, I vividly recall debating why the region’s governments collapsed into dictatorship time and…
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