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Opinion pieces reflect the views of their authors, not necessarily Citizens for Global Solutions.
Human RightsA Responsible Boycott: Canada and the Commonwealth
On Monday, Canada’s foreign affairs minister announced that the world’s 11th largest economy would be suspending its $10 million annual contribution to...
Global CooperationWill De-escalation Really Occur?
Yesterday saw progress on ending the crisis in the Ukraine with a diplomatic agreement reached in Geneva. After ongoing talks between officials...
Global CooperationNuclear Arms Control: New START and Continued Reductions in Nuclear Stockpiles
Last week, the US administration of Barack Obama announced that it would reduce the number of deployed US Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs)...
Global CooperationAmerican Ignorance and Ukrainian Action
The top headline on BBC News yesterday read “Ukraine begins 'anti-terror action’.” "Terror" evokes a strong reaction from most Americans as they...
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,...
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...