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International Justice Day: Celebrating the 13th Anniversary of a New International Justice System
This Sunday, July 17, 2011, marks the 13th International Justice Day, commemorating the adoption of the Rome Statute, the document that established...
Global JusticeA Tale of Two Resets: Russia Today
Last week, I attended a hearing by the House Foreign Affairs committee (HFAC) entitled “Time to Pause the Reset?: Defending U.S. Interests...
Global JusticeAfrican Union Chairman Ping and the Libya Warrants
Last week, the African Union Chairman Jean Ping made a statement rejecting the International Criminal Court's warrant against Mummar Gaddafi. This news...
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 CooperationA House Divided: GOP 2012 Candidates and Their Foreign Policy
Republican candidates are often typified by their hawkish stances on foreign policy. In the past, GOP'ers followed their general stereotype, often pushing...
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...