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Opinion pieces reflect the views of their authors, not necessarily Citizens for Global Solutions.
Global JusticeThe Patenting of Nature Threatens Food Security and Sovereignty
842 million people were food insecure between 2011 and 2013. This means that 1 in 8 people around the world were “suffering...
NewsLandmark Second Conviction for the ICC
On Friday March 7th, the International Criminal Court (ICC) handed down its second conviction in its 12 year history. This conviction found...
Global CooperationU.S. Senate Must Confirm Backlog of Ambassador Nominees
Last week The Washington Post reported that an unusually large number of ambassador appointments are being held up by the U.S. Senate,...
Global JusticeCommission: The Security Council is to Blame for Syria
The UN Security Council has been called out by its own the Human Rights Council's Commission on Inquiry in Syria as enabling...
Climate JusticeClimate Change or System Change?: A Review of “The Anatomy of Change”
Books can provide us with valuable insights about our global problems and how to deal with them. A good example is Glen...
Global CooperationLost Taxes, Global Rules
A company called Zambia Sugar, owned by a European corporation that operates in Zambia, has made an average profit of US$18 million...
The Realpolitik Road to Peace in Ukraine
On his Tuesday visit to the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, US Secretary of State John Kerry sought to allay fears that the...
Global JusticeR2P in the Ukraine: Similarities between the Ukraine and Georgia
In the summer of 2008, tensions between Russia and Georgia reached a climax as conflict (now called the South Ossetia War) broke...
Human RightsCosmopolitanism and the Responsibilities of Global Citizenship
What does it mean to be a global citizen? A citizen of the world, or cosmopolitan, is someone who values the equality...
Global CooperationOpen Letter #3 To My Grandson Jake
Dear Jake, Now you are 3 years old! It is a delight to watch you grow up and I admire the way...
Peace & DisarmamentA New Era Cold War
Ukraine is quickly becoming the flashpoint for a modern day Cold War. Throughout the Cold War the United States and Russia were...