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Peace Movement AWOL on Aggression
I just published this oped on the Huffington Post: Our nation is blessed with a conscience that demands an end to unjust...
Time for a New START?
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee continues to push forward with hearings on the New START Treaty, despite vocal opposition from stubborn opponents...
NewsUPDATE: What is happening in Kyrgyzstan?
Authorities in Kyrgyzstan have reported that more than half, approximately 57,500, of the individuals who left Kyrgyzstan for Uzbekistan have returned home....
NewsTWO Sudanese Rebels Appear Before War Crimes Judges at The Hague
Their names are Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain and Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus and they have both voluntarily surrendered to the International Criminal...
NewsUpdate: The Violence in Southern Kyrgyzstan
The United Nations (UN) announced today that approximately 400,000 have been displaced by the unyielding violence in Southern Kyrgyzstan. The UN has...
NewsWhat’s Going on in Kyrgyzstan?
Until a week or so ago, most Americans probably couldn't locate the nation of Kyrgyzstan on a map. However, ethnic violence has...
Global JusticeCourtside at Kampala: Week One in Review Continued
In any good relationship, you must stop along the way and assess what is working and what needs to be fixed. That...
NewsCourtside at Kampala: Part 1: A Week in Review (Week 1, Blog 1)
By: Ariela Blätter The first week was a whirlwind in Kampala at the 2010 Review Conference for the International Criminal Court (ICC)....
Global JusticeCourtside at Kampala: Officials Officiate and Pontificate (Week 1, Blog 6)
By: Ariela Blätter Over the following two days (Monday and Tuesday) I would characterize the tenor of the meetings at Kampala as...
A Global National Security Strategy
Today the Obama administration releases its first National Security Strategy (NSS). The NSS is a document prepared periodically by the executive branch...
Global CooperationThe U.S.-Central and Eastern Europe Partnership: What’s Next?
As the United States works to pursue a "reset" of relations with Russia, culminating in the recent signing of the New START...