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Opinion pieces reflect the views of their authors, not necessarily Citizens for Global Solutions.
Climate Cynicism
Climate change is one of the bigger global issues of our time; just last month, over 400,000 people marched in New York...
Human RightsMissing in Action? The United States and the Rights of the Child Treaty
It might be hard to believe, but did you know that the United States, South Sudan, and Somalia are the only countries...
Re-thinking Foreign Aid
The US and other first-world countries could aptly be categorized as the world’s most generous countries concerning the distribution of aid to...
Global JusticeProgress on North Korea?
For the first time, a broad coalition of nations is pushing to refer North Korea, or the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea...
Will the Nigerian Government Actually #BringBackOurGirls?
The Nigerian government has stated that it has finally secured the release of the more than 200 hundred girls abducted from a...
Climate JusticeDeforestation: The Shrinking Forests of Our Planet
When we think of forests, we think of those in the Amazon, China, Congo, Canada and many more places throughout the world....
The Complexity of Turkish Inaction
If you’ve been keeping up with the news about the Islamic State (IS), you know that there is a strategic battle taking...
Global CooperationComprehensive World Food Policy
October 16 is the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization's World Food Day--a yearly reminder that there are people who are constantly hungry...
Global JusticeEbola and State Failure
Throughout history, numerous empires, nations, and city-states have suffered from various internal and external dilemmas that have led to their ultimate collapse....
Embargo: United States Against the World
Each year Cuba asks the United Nations to lift the economic embargo the United States imposes on the nation of Cuba. For...
Nigerian Atrocities Go Largely Unnoticed
12.5 million internally displaced civilians, 3 million refugees, 700,000 stateless people. These alarming statistics are not related to ISIL or Syria or...