Human RightsAcknowledging the Rights of Women in Conflict
Just last month the UN reported over 500 mass rapes in eastern Congo over a two month period. Women were the primary...
Meg McDermott
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Human Rights
New START ratification is delayed… but hopefully not for long.
Last week Senator Lugar got on C-SPAN and stated that "for the moment, this [New START treaty] is not a crucial situation,"...
Global CooperationNew START and Senate Processes: A Critique of Last Resort?
Stephen Rademaker's recent piece in the Washington Post is the latest in a series of offensives against the New START treaty with...
Global JusticeCourtside at Kampala: Week One in Review
Within the two professional fields that I am surrounded by in Kampala, diplomacy and advocacy, there is one constant; the precise and...
Global JusticeCourtside at Kampala: Week One in Review Continued
In any good relationship, you must stop along the way and assess what is working and what needs to be fixed. That...
Mother’s Day: A Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament?
As hopefully everyone remembered, Sunday was Mother's Day! This weekend, Citizens for Global Solutions held its May Partners Call, a nationwide conference...
Global JusticeMass Atrocities Response Operations (MARO) Project Release Military Planning Handbook
Though the government supports preventive measures for stopping genocide from ever starting and organizations like GlobalSolutions.org advocate for genocide prevention, what can...
NewsAn NPT Review Conference Update: Iran stirs up trouble, U.S. announces size of stockpile, and Indonesia ratifies the CTBT!
The Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference has just wrapped up its 3rd day in what has been a highly charged arena: the place...
NewsPresidents Obama and Medvedev Sign Historic New START
President Obama signed the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) alongside Russian President Dmitri Medvedev in Prague early Thursday morning, which proposes...
Global JusticeAnniversary of the Rwandan Genocide
Sixteen years ago, a bloody killing rampage began in Rwanda on April 7th and continued for 100 days. Organized by the majority...
Global CooperationNuclear Posture Review sticks to the middle ground
Today the Obama administration released the much-anticipated Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), coinciding with the anniversary of President Obama's progressive Prague speech last...
Peace & DisarmamentApril 4: International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
Sunday marked the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, commemorating victims who have suffered the effects of the...