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Global CooperationThe Global University: Expanding International Engagement Turns Students into Global Citizens
President Wallace Loh of the University of Maryland is the latest of many university presidents with the prescience to see the future...
Global CooperationSocial Media in Politics: From Grassroots Activism to Revolution
On June 28, 2011, the Brookings Institution held a panel discussion regarding the new age of social media and its roles in...
Global CooperationBRICS: More Than an Acronym
The Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars hosted an event yesterday on the rising star in multilateral organizations; BRICS. The conference included...
Albright and Muasher Call for Security Council to Refer Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to ICC
In their op-ed in today's Financial Times, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeline Albright and former Foreign Minister of Jordan Marwan Musher...
Liberian President Johnson Sirleaf and the Need for Continued U.S. Foreign Assistance
On Friday, June 24, I attended the event Liberia: Through the Eyes of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa's First Elected Female Head...
Next Steps for Syria
The House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) held a hearing yesterday on future U.S. relations with Iran and Syria. While the witnesses and...
29,000 Signatures Delivered to the White House Calling for More U.N. Engagement in Libya
Earlier today, GlobalSolutions.org delivered a petition containing 29,000 signatures to the White House calling for the Obama Administration to "work through the...
United NationsRight Candidate, Wrong Process
Yesterday, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously reelected Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to a second term. The Secretary General certainly deserved reelection,...
The Approach of Independence
On Thursday afternoon the House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights held a hearing regarding Africa's newest nation:...
Global CooperationUS – UN Update at UNA
Last week I spoke to members of the United Nations Association (UNA-USA) who were preparing to lobby their members of Congress. I...
World Refugee Day and Sustaining U.N. Peacekeeping
Global citizens are commemorating World Refugee Day throughout the world today by participating in cultural events and reflecting on the experiences of...