Is this the beginning of the end for Robert Mugabe?A movement that started with a video posted on Facebook railing against corruption is now shaking the Zimbabwean political establishment...
Can a New Peacekeeping Force Stabilize South Sudan?There is an important vote at the Security Council today to extend and expand the mandate of the beleaguered UN...
Here’s the strategic logic that explains why fighters are inflicting such misery on the people of AleppoThere is a catastrophe underway in the Syrian city of Aleppo. The city has been at the center of fighting...
Congress REALLY Shouldn’t Threaten to Cut Funding for Nuclear Explosion Monitors Around the WorldNews broke late last week that the Obama administration is planning a Security Council resolution that would effectively ban the...
WATCH: A UN Team Installs a Nuclear Detection System in one of the Most Remote Places on EarthThe Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty bans all countries that have ratified it from testing nuclear weapons. It also created a...
There are 53,000 Refugees Stranded in Greece. I met one of them. She is 7 months pregnant and couldn’t find help.Ed note. This is a guest post by Shaliz Navab a student at the University of Edinburgh. She was a manager of...
The Siege of Aleppo Could Be the Most Depraved Moment of the Entire Syrian Civil WarOn 9th July the Syrian regime closed the last open road to eastern Aleppo. Bashar Al-Assad’s forces now control what goes...
The South China Sea Ruling Once Again Shows the USA Needs to Ratify the Law of the Sea TreatyAn international court of arbitration today ruled in favor of claims made by the Philippines against China over China’s territorial...
South Sudan Returns to Civil WarSouth Sudan turned five years old on Saturday. But the gunfire in the capitol, Juba, was anything but celebratory. Hundreds...