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Opinion pieces reflect the views of their authors, not necessarily Citizens for Global Solutions.
How Catalonia and Kurdish Independence Can Actually Bring the World Closer Together
Recently two separate countries dealt with succession movements from within. First was Iraq where Kurds, emboldened by their recent battlefield success against...
Should Limiting North Korea’s Nuclear Ambitions Be the Responsibility of the U.S. Government?
In recent months, advances in the North Korean government’s nuclear weapons program have led to a sharp confrontation between the government leaders...
Global JusticeYemen: Effective Humanitarian Aid Depends on a Peace Accord
The United Nations together with the governments of Sweden and Switzerland which have often led humanitarian issues in the U.N. system held...
Global Week of Action for UN Parliamentary Assembly: #HumanityFirst
America first. Russia first. China first. The United States of America puts American interests first. Just as every other nation in the...
World Citizenship Is More Popular Than You Might Think
Has nationalism captured the hearts and minds of the world’s people? It certainly seems to have emerged as a powerful force in...
Rising Sea Levels and the Future of the Earth
Scientists have projected that the Earth’s oceans could rise by between 2 and 5 feet within the next 80 years. This will...
The World’s Largest Lesson
In 2015, the world community decided upon 17 Sustainable Development Goals, themselves containing 169 separate targets. These goals range from elimination of...
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 included. Most...
Human RightsWhy 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 right. Among...
Peace & DisarmamentRapid 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 voted by...
Declaration of Peace
These are self-evident truths: That all humans are a single family living on a fragile and endangered planet whose life support systems...