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NewsCountdown: Time Running Out for Peace in Syria
What began as a day of potential peace for the Syrian people quickly turned into continual despair. Both the Syrian government and...
Global JusticeIndiana Genocide Prevention Summit
GlobalSolutions.org organized the first ever Indiana Genocide Prevention Summit, held on Saturday, March 31, in Indianapolis. The summit brought organizations, students, teachers,...
Global JusticeKinyarwanda
During the Indiana Genocide Prevent Summit I had the wonderful experience of watching the Sundance Film Festival award winning movie, Kinyarwanda and...
Senate Foreign Relations Hearing on High Stakes and Hard Choices: U.S. Policy on Iran
This Wednesday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on U.S. policy on Iran. Witnesses included the Honorable Thomas Pickering, former...
NewsBreakthrough Agreement with North Korea
The United States and North Korea announced a breakthrough agreement earlier this week, with North Korea agreeing to suspend nuclear weapons testing...
NewsSecretary of State Hilary Clinton Testifies Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
On Tuesday I attended the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on "National Security & Foreign Policy Priorities in the FY 2013 International...
Human RightsOur Messages Were Heard!
My task for the Syria Valentine project was to figure out how to get in touch with "the Syrian Revolution." Needless to...
NewsThe President’s Budget Request: What Does It Mean for International Affairs Funding?
Tomorrow may be Valentine's Day, but for those of us who care about international affairs funding (or federal funding of any kind,...
Global JusticeKeeping the Peace
This weekend, Secretary of State Hilary Clinton was in Germany speaking at an event supporting women in international security. Secretary Clinton remarked...
NewsHouse Foreign Affairs Committee Holds Hearing on Ahmadinejad’s “Tour of Tyrants”
The House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing on Iran entitled “Ahmadinejad’s Tour of Tyrants and Iran's Agenda in the Western Hemisphere”...
Global JusticeSyria: A Game of Politics
"No chance, no chance, no chance...ever," said Vitaly I. Churkin, Russian envoy to the United Nations Security Council, in response to whether...