Climate JusticeDevelopment in the Digital Age
The biggest impacts often come from the seemingly smallest technological advancements: food-ordering apps, instagram, Pokemon Go. They not only make something rapidly...
Jennifer Welden
29 articles on Insights
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Global CooperationThe Security of Human Rights
Recently, President Obama announced the end of the arms embargo against Vietnam, “ensur[ing] that Vietnam has access to the equipment it needs...
Global JusticeThe Politics of Representation
Last week, the Chinese government “banned all depictions of gay people on television, as part of a cultural crackdown on ‘vulgar, immoral...
Peace & DisarmamentA Game of Risk: The North Korean Launch
On Sunday, February 8th, North Korea launched a satellite into orbit. Though North Korea claims the launch was for scientific and "peaceful...
Climate JusticeFrom Paris to Present: Addressing Climate Change in the New Year
Last month, 196 countries reached a historic agreement to address climate change. While the agreement does not address everything—such as the affect...
Climate JusticeThe Right to Change
Last week, the Mexican west coast was hit by “the biggest storm ever recorded in the western hemisphere,” Hurricane Patricia. While Mexico’s...
Global JusticeThe Hunger Games: Food Waste in the Developing World
The UN recently announced its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a set of 17 goals encompassing everything from education to peace and justice....
Global JusticeIt Takes Two (Genders)
Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Mark Kirk (R-IL), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) recently introduced the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Act of 2015...
Global JusticeThe European “Union”: ‘Til Crisis Do Us Part
Having just crossed the border from Italy to France, my train stops at the next station for longer than the usual five-minute...
Global JusticeQuestions from Nepal: Debating the Merits of Voluntourism
On April 25th, a devastating earthquake hit Kathmandu, Nepal, killing over 4,000 people. As many around the world respond to the immediate...
Global Justice50% Women, 100% Equal
A few weeks ago, my professor did something I’m not used to witnessing in liberal Berkeley, California: he made a sexist comment....
Global JusticeThe UN: From Idealism to Reality
On February 23rd, the United Nations Security Council held a debate on the Purposes and Principles of the UN Charter. There, US...