The ‘Arab Spring’ has Sprung Again in the Middle East
Credit: Patrick Chappatte for the New York Times As you may have noticed on your…
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Democracies are in decline, and our educational institutions are to blame
Far-right populist, Jair Bolsonaro, who has been called the Donald Trump of Brazil, was sworn…
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Problem
In 2012, the Muslim Brotherhood ran a candidate in the post-Arab Spring presidential elections in…
UN Peacekeeping Operations Ministerial Conference is Taking Place This Month – The International Community Should Reflect on Practicality
UNAMID Peacekeepers. UN Photo/Albert Gonzalez Farran The United Nations peacekeeping operations (PKO) have long been…
An Election of “Firsts”
Yesterday’s election saw large numbers of Americans turning up to cast their votes. The New York…
How Overturning a Christian Woman’s Death Sentence Brought Pakistan to a Standstill
On Tuesday, Pakistan’s Supreme Court acquitted Asia Bibi, a woman falsely accused of blasphemy, in…
No Post-Conflict Decontamination Obligations Set Before UN First Committee Vote
NEW YORK—The U.N. General Assembly’s upcoming vote on a resolution to address the effects and…
Insights | Information: The Best Weapon against Radicalization
They were starved and abused. While they wouldn’t have believed any negative information about ISIS…
Insights | Caring for the Crazy
Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons What if…
Insights | The Truth About Torture: Depicting CIA Abuses in ‘The Torture Report’
Excerpt from ‘The Torture Report’ | Photo courtesy Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colón On September 17,…