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The Holy See and the United Nations: Sovereignty vs. Rights
For months an ongoing battle has emerged in world headlines as the Vatican, the center of the Catholic faith, has been embroiled...
Climate JusticeObama’s Step Forward in Combating Climate Change
Monday marked a very significant day for environmentalists, with the EPA unveiling a sweeping new set of regulations designed to reduce carbon...
Global JusticeHow to Invest Your Life in Saving Humanity
In the Czech Republic lives a 17-year-old civic-minded student named Vojtěch. His teacher Doug describes him as a prodigy and “by far...
Global Cooperation29 May: UN “Blue Helmets” Day
How effective are UN peacekeeping operations in preventing and stopping violence? What about in addressing the root causes of conflicts? How does...
Global Cooperation60 Years Young and 20 Years of Service
Counting his birthdays by the number of friends, not years, friends and colleagues of Global Solutions' "head cook and chief bottle washer"...
Global CooperationSyria: Back to Square One for Good-Faith Negotiations
With the resignation of Ambassador Lakhdar Brahimi as the UN-League of Arab States mediator in the Syrian conflict, I fear that we...
Global JusticeThe Gender Pay Gap: How We Can Escape the Double-Standard
At the White House Correspondents’ Dinner this year, President Obama really showed what he was made of. With jokes on everything from...
Global CooperationIndian Elections: The Power of the Millennial Vote
After winning a landslide victory, Narenda Modi is now officially the Prime Minister elect of India. The race was far from close:...
Global CooperationPutin’s Political Moves
Over the past two weeks, the international community has seen the situation in Ukraine move from bad to worse as it devolves...
Global CooperationUkraine: What Future for “Self Rule”?
In a previous blog post, I asked the question “Ukraine: A Federalist Future?” At the time, there had been proposals to link...
Climate JusticeThe Battle to Convince the GOP to Address Climate Change
The midterm elections and the 2016 presidential election are going to have profound effects on how America responds to the threat of...