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Opinion pieces reflect the views of their authors, not necessarily Citizens for Global Solutions.
Refugee Crisis: A First-hand Account
I was reading this important post from Riverbend blog on the Iraqi refugee crisis - 1.5 million Iraqis are refugees in Syria...
The Dalai Lama’s Global Solutions
Sometimes stepping away from politics and looking at the big picture is a wonderful thing. I was grateful to be able attend...
Private Sector Leadership
The former head of Mozambique, President Joaquim Chissano, is the first winner of the Mo Ibrahim prize for governance; an award financed...
Who Got to Mukasey?
On Wednesday, President Bush's Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey reaffirmed our nation's commitment to international justice and the rule of law as...
The ‘Idealist’ vs. the ‘Realist’ in my Head
Genocide is a word that has deep, deep meaning. As a global community, after the Holocaust, we stood as one and said...
Playing Chicken with Turkey
So, the Washington Post is reporting "U.S. Urges Turkish Restraint On Kurds" while the International Herald Tribune is reporting "U.S. House speaker...
We are all potential torturers
Fortunately for us, former U.S. Army interrogator, William Quinn, provides us with some anti-torture lessons learned the hard way. Money quote: Nearly...
Jon Stewart Gets It Wrong on Armenian Genocide Resolution
When it comes to the Armenian Genocide Resolution passed this week by the U.S. House of Respresentatives, the always-funny Jon Stewart got...
Khmer Rouge Tribunal: One Brother Number Two Forward, Two UN Reports Back
So there's good news and bad news about the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia's efforts to bring surviving members of...
Best Wishes Etan: ‘More Than An Athlete’
Recently, my colleague Rich Stazinksi wrote two very insightful pieces about the confluence of global issues , presidential politics and sports. Today,...
United Nations more able to prevent genocide?
According to a Washington Post report: "More than a decade after the United Nations was criticized for failing to stop genocide in...