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Peace & DisarmamentA New Era Cold War
Ukraine is quickly becoming the flashpoint for a modern day Cold War. Throughout the Cold War the United States and Russia were...
Global CooperationDuality in the Ukraine: East v. West
The history of the Ukraine is one of East versus West, sitting as it is on the border between westernized Europe and...
Stealing Debt Relief
On Tuesday, the government of Argentina appealed to the United States Supreme Court in a landmark case against predatory creditors seeking more...
Human RightsCensorship, Incarceration and Subtitles
In a disturbing report on journalist safety around the globe, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) recently announced that the world’s top...
Peace & DisarmamentPeace through Nuclear Vulnerability
It’s not an intuitive argument that a stronger defense can lead to greater insecurity. In fact, if you were to tell an...
Human RightsU.N. Security Council Needs to Act Immediately to Prevent Ethnic Cleansing in Central African Republic
With the situation in Central African Republic looking direr by the day, the U.N. Security Council needs to speed up its timetable...
NewsFarm Bill 2014: A Win for Food Aid
Last Tuesday, Congress finally passed the 2014 Farm Bill that was three years in the making. And after a long wait, the...
Human Rights#NotaMartyr: Resisting a Return to Violence in Lebanon on Social Media
Though the month of February is barely a week old, for the people of Lebanon it has already seen two separate bombings...
Global CooperationSaudi Arabia bans citizens joining Syrian conflict
Saudi Arabia is taking steps to reduce its footprint in Syria. Al Jazerra reported this morning that a royal decree makes it...
Human RightsGeneva II: A Modest Beginning On Which We Can Build
The United Nations-League of Arab States Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has announced a break in the Geneva II negotiations until 10 February 2014,...
Human RightsAre Syria’s Cries Not Loud Enough?
It’s days like these that I am dismayed at what the American public chooses to focus its attention on. The buzz on...