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Nigerian Atrocities Go Largely Unnoticed
12.5 million internally displaced civilians, 3 million refugees, 700,000 stateless people. These alarming statistics are not related to ISIL or Syria or...
Global JusticeCosmopolitan Dreams: Why we’re yearning for the APB and why we’ll probably never get what we want
The Atrocities Prevention Board (APB) in theory is a cosmopolitan dream. It is the embodiment of the idea that we are connected...
Global JusticeHow to Deal with the Islamic State
Almost the whole world community agrees that the barbaric Islamic State (ISIL) terrorists should be resisted by everyone. Even the often veto-plagued...
Global JusticeWhy Wait? Multilateralism and the Islamic State
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is continuing to gain both territory and vital resources in their quest of religious...
Global JusticeSeptember 11, 2001: The Day the World Shifted
This piece was originally published on September 11, 2011. It has been reposted to reflect on the tragic events and impacts of...
Global CooperationNATO’s Premier Geopolitical Challenge: Eastern Ukraine
Eastern Ukraine has been at the forefront of the news for several months now, and if the events of the last few...
Peace & DisarmamentProtecting the INF just like Reagan
Since the beginning of 2014, Russia has been a constant agitator in the news. And the end of July was no exception...
Protective Edge and Sport as Peace
If I began by saying that the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict is longstanding and complicated, that would be trite and tired and everything you...
NewsClaims of War Crimes as Israel-Gaza Conflict Rages On
Operation Protective Edge, the name given to the Israeli Defense Force’s ground assault against Hamas' military arm, is aimed at halting rocket...
Global CooperationCould the Use of Rockets be Banned in the Middle East?
The use of rockets by Islamic groups from Gaza toward Israel and the more deadly use of rockets and bombs by Israeli...
Global JusticeUN Peacekeeping in Syria and Iraq: Why not?
"Do you see UN Peacekeeping as a viable option to help solve the humanitarian crises in Syria and Iraq?” I asked Hervé...