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Human RightsThe Difficult but Necessary Road to Yemen Negotiations
The continued aggression of Saudi Arabia against civilians in Yemen and the use of cluster munitions in violation of the UN Convention...
Climate JusticeSeventy-Year Solutions, Part 2
As I discussed in Part 1 of this blog series, Over the next 70 years, our children and grandchildren will need to...
Global JusticeSupply-Chain Slavery: What You May Not Know About the Products You Consume
Do you know where the coffee used in your Venti Iced Caramel Macchiato you drink religiously comes from? How about the chocolate...
Global CooperationNPT 2015: Nuclear Weapons and Tension Areas
As Winston Churchill once quipped, “God so loved the world that he did not send a committee.” The Drafting Committee of the...
Human RightsBurma’s Ethnic-Based Violence Must End for Democracy to Thrive
Democracy is a process of becoming, of trying to create the more perfect union, and this is definitely true for Burma (also...
Global JusticeCorporate Power and Labor Rights: Why We Have to Watch out for the TPP
On May 21, 2015, the urban streets of Chicago were engulfed in the cries of thousands, as workers, community supporters, and other...
Climate JusticeA Seventy-Year Solution: More Energy, Less Climate Change
This is the first of three planned blogs to focus on three crucial levers to a sustainable and ample life for our...
Global CooperationNPT: New Opportunities and Obsolete Perceptions
In my last blog, I outlined the framework of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and the role of...
Climate JusticeA Time of Mitzrayim
We live in narrow times—a time of Mitzrayim.* On one side, violence spreads like cancer. ISIL, Ukraine, Sudan, DRC, and too much...
Peace & DisarmamentNuclear Non-Proliferation and Global Order
The Review Conference on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) started at the United Nations in New York on...
The Mediterranean Migrant Crisis Isn’t Merely Europe’s Problem to Solve
As many as one million desperate refugees and migrants will brave the Mediterranean Sea to flee conflict, oppression, and instability in Africa...