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Global CooperationThe Iran Nuclear Discussion
It’s time for us to act like adults. President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry have won an agreement, which has...
Global JusticeThe European “Union”: ‘Til Crisis Do Us Part
Having just crossed the border from Italy to France, my train stops at the next station for longer than the usual five-minute...
Human RightsThe Slow Process of Reconciliation in Sri Lanka
It has been nearly half a year since Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena was elected to office, and he and his administration...
Human RightsA Time of Departure: Forces that Create Refugees and Migrants
Current refugee-migrant flows (from Burma and Bangladesh toward Thailand and Malaysia, and across the Mediterranean from Africa and the Middle East toward...
Human RightsThe Difficult but Necessary Road to Yemen Negotiations
The continued aggression of Saudi Arabia against civilians in Yemen and the use of cluster munitions in violation of the UN Convention...
Global CooperationNPT 2015: Nuclear Weapons and Tension Areas
As Winston Churchill once quipped, “God so loved the world that he did not send a committee.” The Drafting Committee of the...
Human RightsBurma’s Ethnic-Based Violence Must End for Democracy to Thrive
Democracy is a process of becoming, of trying to create the more perfect union, and this is definitely true for Burma (also...
Global CooperationNPT: New Opportunities and Obsolete Perceptions
In my last blog, I outlined the framework of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and the role of...
Peace & DisarmamentNuclear Non-Proliferation and Global Order
The Review Conference on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) started at the United Nations in New York on...
The Mediterranean Migrant Crisis Isn’t Merely Europe’s Problem to Solve
As many as one million desperate refugees and migrants will brave the Mediterranean Sea to flee conflict, oppression, and instability in Africa...
Global CooperationCluster Bombs: Saudi Use, US Sales, and the Review Conference on Their Prohibition
The Saudi-led aggression on Yemen has on at least two separate occasions used cluster bombs to attack villages in Yemen's northern Saada...