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Opinion pieces reflect the views of their authors, not necessarily Citizens for Global Solutions.
Global CooperationGambling with Our Foreign Policy Is a Losing Bet
Great nations should pay their bills. But in the last two weeks, House Republicans on two important panels voted on party lines...
Congress Vs. The UN — Round Two
The madness continues…. Last week, I wrote a blog post decrying the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s (HFAC) shabby treatment of the United...
Rep. Gerry Connolly Writes Editorial in The Hill on U.N. Funding
Today in The Hill, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) wrote about the importance of fully funding our dues to the United Nations and...
Protecting Funding for UN and Peacekeeping Operations
Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee will be in the first stages of determining our contribution to the United Nations and to...
Global CooperationThe Global University: Expanding International Engagement Turns Students into Global Citizens
President Wallace Loh of the University of Maryland is the latest of many university presidents with the prescience to see the future...
Global CooperationSocial Media in Politics: From Grassroots Activism to Revolution
On June 28, 2011, the Brookings Institution held a panel discussion regarding the new age of social media and its roles in...
Global CooperationBRICS: More Than an Acronym
The Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars hosted an event yesterday on the rising star in multilateral organizations; BRICS. The conference included...
Liberian President Johnson Sirleaf and the Need for Continued U.S. Foreign Assistance
On Friday, June 24, I attended the event Liberia: Through the Eyes of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa's First Elected Female Head...
29,000 Signatures Delivered to the White House Calling for More U.N. Engagement in Libya
Earlier today, GlobalSolutions.org delivered a petition containing 29,000 signatures to the White House calling for the Obama Administration to "work through the...
Global CooperationUS – UN Update at UNA
Last week I spoke to members of the United Nations Association (UNA-USA) who were preparing to lobby their members of Congress. I...
Global CooperationStanding Up for the UN
Susan Rice, U.S. ambassador to the UN, and Esther Brimmer, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, both made remarks recently...