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Opinion pieces reflect the views of their authors, not necessarily Citizens for Global Solutions.
Global JusticeGlobal Justice: The Unrealizable Promise of International Institutions
In recent years, we’ve come to recognize that the world is interconnected, perhaps in ways and on a scale that it never...
Climate JusticeA Taxing Solution to the Greatest Challenge of Our Time
Ben Franklin said it best—nothing is certain, “except death and taxes.” Like most Americans, we submit our 1040s to maintain the health...
Global CooperationU.S. Power Play over Iran and U.N.
The recent move by the Obama administration to bar Hamid Aboutalebi, nominated to be the Iranian ambassador to the UN, from entering...
Global JusticeRemembering Rwanda
One hundred days and nearly 1 million men, women, and children alike killed; killed only because of their ethnic backgrounds. Neighbors, friends,...
Global CooperationA Closer Look: 2006 House Republican Average Score
Recently, I wrote on the consistent partisan divide between Republicans and Democrats on foreign policy over the last decade. Observant readers would...
Climate JusticeWorld Bank Has Major Role to Play in Mitigating Climate Change Outcomes
With the joint World Bank and International Monetary Fund meetings coming up April 11th through April 15th, it’s worth reviewing the contribution...
Global JusticeTaiwan’s Democracy is Not For Sale
For over two weeks now, hundreds of students have occupied the Taiwanese Parliament, the Legislative Yuan, protesting the pending Cross-Strait Service Trade...
Climate JusticeThe Big Gamble: Inaction on Climate Change
For years now the United States and countries around the world have mostly been watching and waiting, betting that we have time...
Global JusticeFunding Rehabilitation and Reconciliation: The ICC’s Trust Fund for Victims
When a child soldier escapes or is liberated from his captor, he returns home to his family, but often cannot leave the...
Human RightsThe Importance of Extra Credit
Members of Congress are responsible for casting votes on issues of national importance, including foreign policy priorities. Many Representatives and Senators have...
Global JusticeA Mass Death Sentence
In what has been deemed as contrary to international law; 529 Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters have been sentenced to death. The...