A Fresh Approach to Peace in the Middle East Mark Leon Goldberg February 4, 2021 At the very end of 2020 Congress passed an Omnibus Appropriations bill to fund the US Federal Government for the next fi...
Crisis in the Central African Republic Mark Leon Goldberg February 1, 2021 The security and humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic has rapidly deteriorated over the last several w...
For the First Time the UN’s Human Development Index Ranks Countries by their “Planetary Pressures” Joanne Lu January 26, 2021 The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) published its latest Human Development Index last month. This year, the ...
Nigeria, the Most Populous Country in Africa, is Desperate for COVID-19 Vaccines Mark Leon Goldberg January 25, 2021 Nigeria has a population of over 200 million people. It is the largest country in Africa -- about one in every six peopl...
A Violent and Fraught Election in Uganda Leaves Challenger Bobi Wine Under House Arrest Mark Leon Goldberg January 21, 2021 On January 14th, Uganda held national elections for president and parliament. The incumbent was the 76-year-old Yoweri M...
New Poll: How Americans in All 50 States View the United Nations Mark Leon Goldberg January 20, 2021 A majority of Americans across the political spectrum and across all 50 states are broadly supportive of United States e...
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Becomes International Law Mark Leon Goldberg January 19, 2021 A treaty to ban the use of nuclear weapons becomes international law on January 22, 2021. This is the date the treaty wi...
The Siege of the US Capitol and the Future of US Foreign Policy Mark Leon Goldberg January 13, 2021 The insurrection on January 6 in Washington, D.C. painfully exposed to all that a country that ostensibly seeks to promo...
What the Criminal Conviction of Saudi Women’s Rights Activist Loujan al-Hathloul Says About the Future of Saudi Arabia Mark Leon Goldberg January 11, 2021 Loujan al-Hathloul is a 31 year old Saudi women's rights activist currently in jail. She was first arrested in a protest...