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CGS regularly publishes op-eds on the issues that matter most to global democracy, plus news, press releases, and organizational statements from our programs and campaigns. Read it all here, get a monthly roundup by email through eNews, or follow Field Notes on LinkedIn.
Opinion pieces reflect the views of their authors, not necessarily Citizens for Global Solutions.
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...
Global JusticeHuman Trafficking: Time for Change
There are more slaves in the world now than at any other point in history. Let that sink in for a second....
Global CooperationA Side of World Peas, Please
If I learned anything from years of first-day-of-class icebreakers – other than the fact that I hate icebreakers – it’s this: people...
Climate JusticeDivesting to Investing: The Fight Against Climate Change
Marked with enthusiasm and high expectations, the United Nations kicked off its long anticipated Climate Summit in New York City on September...
Global JusticeCosmopolitan Dreams: Why we’re yearning for the APB and why we’ll probably never get what we want
The Atrocities Prevention Board (APB) in theory is a cosmopolitan dream. It is the embodiment of the idea that we are connected...
Global CooperationIssues at the United Nations 69th General Assembly
Last week I attended at my first panel on Capitol Hill, which pertained to the currently ongoing 69th United Nations General Assembly...
Global JusticeHow to Deal with the Islamic State
Almost the whole world community agrees that the barbaric Islamic State (ISIL) terrorists should be resisted by everyone. Even the often veto-plagued...
Global CooperationThe Myth of American Isolationism
I recently had the privilege of attending a panel hosted by the Woodrow Wilson Center. The panel was convened to discuss a...