Female Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh Are Suffering the Consequences of Trump’s Decision to Defund a Key UN AgencyAs thousands of Rohingya continue to flee Myanmar in the fastest growing humanitarian crisis in the world, the focus of...
Is “Pluralism” the Next Big Agenda-Setting Term of Art in Global Affairs?(Ottawa, Canada) — Ottawa is a natural home to an outfit called the Global Center for Pluralism. As other western...
How ISIS May Face Justice for their AtrocitiesOver the last several weeks, ISIS has been systematically losing territory. Its last stronghold in Iraq, the city of Hawija,...
Why it Makes Sense to Make a Big Deal About Human Rights Violations AbroadWhen President Trump met his Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte last week, there was some discrepancy over whether or not the...
A Coup in Zimbabwe? Robert Mugabe is Seemingly DeposedThe Zimbabwean military has apparently taken control in the capital city of Harare and detained longtime president Robert Mugabe. Army...
The UN’s Nightmare Scenario is Currently Unfolding in YemenEven before a blockade was imposed around Yemen, some 7 million people faced famine-like conditions. Over 900,000 people were sickened by...
The Kenya Election Crisis, ExplainedLast week Kenyan election officials announced that President Uhuru Kenyatta won re-election in a landslide vote. But rather than marking...
How Trump’s Radical Approach to “Sovereignty” is shaping International RelationsDonald Trump’s approach to sovereignty is not unique in American history. There is a longstanding political tradition that seeks no...
A Typically Routine Resolution Over the “Olympic Truce” Becomes the Latest Battleground for LGBT Rights at the UNAn bi-annual UN General Assembly resolution has become the latest forum for countries seeking to roll back global LGBT rights....
