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Global CooperationUkraine: A Federalist Future?
Can tensions in Ukraine be lowered without a federalist-constitutional restructuring of the State? On Thursday, 17 April 2014, US Secretary of State...
NewsIs South Sudan Sliding Into Chaos?
Violence has re-escalated in South Sudan as a new wave of attacks this month have included a UN base, places of worship,...
Peace & DisarmamentGlobal 911: It’s Time for a UN Emergency Peace Force
Genocide, mass atrocities, violent oppression; these acts, these words, invoke fear, disgust, anger and beg the question why? Human history is littered...
Global CooperationUS Quietly Ratifies Fish Treaties
On April 3, 2014, the United States ratified three treaties, all of which help protect oceanic wildlife and eliminate the black market...
Global CooperationWill De-escalation Really Occur?
Yesterday saw progress on ending the crisis in the Ukraine with a diplomatic agreement reached in Geneva. After ongoing talks between officials...
Global CooperationNuclear Arms Control: New START and Continued Reductions in Nuclear Stockpiles
Last week, the US administration of Barack Obama announced that it would reduce the number of deployed US Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs)...
Global JusticeTaiwan’s Democracy is Not For Sale
For over two weeks now, hundreds of students have occupied the Taiwanese Parliament, the Legislative Yuan, protesting the pending Cross-Strait Service Trade...
Peace & DisarmamentOpen Letter #4 To My Grandson Jake
Dear Jake,It was great fun seeing you and the twins on Skype this weekend. Every time I see you I can tell...
Global CooperationBark v. Bite: Action in the Ukraine
In the wake of continued threats of invasion into the Ukraine by Russia, Western diplomats are drafting Security Council resolutions to take...
Global JusticeThe Patenting of Nature Threatens Food Security and Sovereignty
842 million people were food insecure between 2011 and 2013. This means that 1 in 8 people around the world were “suffering...
The Realpolitik Road to Peace in Ukraine
On his Tuesday visit to the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, US Secretary of State John Kerry sought to allay fears that the...