It’s Not Just Syria. A Record Number of Refugees Are Fleeing from New Conflicts. Kimberly Curtis June 20, 2017 Today marks World Refugee Day. Once again, this past year was record breaking for refugees and the forcibly displaced, albeit all the wrong records. ...
PODCAST: The UN just wrapped up Its first-ever oceans conference. Here’s What happened. Mark Leon Goldberg June 19, 2017 Gregory Stone once lived underwater for 30 days. He is an ocean scientist and author who has spent a career studying and advocating on behalf of o...
The Bad News? The World Will Begin Running Out of Water By 2050. The Good News? It’s Not 2050 Yet Alanna Shaikh, MPH June 16, 2017 On June 6th, US Secretary General Antonio Guterres addressed the UN Security Council meeting on Maintenance of International Peace and Security. He wa...
Is Right Wing Populism on the Decline in Europe? Because of Trump? A Member of the European Parliament Explains. Mark Leon Goldberg June 15, 2017 Marietje Schaake is a member of the European Parliament from the Netherlands. We caught up shortly after a series of consequential elections in E...
The Secretary of State Accused Saudi Arabia’s Foes of Stealing Humanitarian Aid in Yemen. Aid Agencies Do Not Agree Mark Leon Goldberg June 14, 2017 Secretary of State Rex Tillerson testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday about the Trump administration's budget that would ...
This What a Feminist Foreign Policy Looks Like Penelope Starr June 12, 2017 America's neighbors to the north are mounting an experiment. Last week, Canada announced its "first feminist international-assistance policy,” foll...
A Cholera Outbreak in War Torn Yemen Just Crossed a Major Threshold Mark Leon Goldberg June 12, 2017 Data from the World Health Organization Cholera is spreading like wildfire in Yemen. The epidemic began in October with 15 reported case...
Climate Change Will Cause 250,000 Additional Deaths Per Year. Here’s How It Will Kill US Alanna Shaikh, MPH June 9, 2017 President Trump announced last week that he will be pulling the United States out of the Paris Climate Accord, the world’s best shot at keeping climat...
Saudi Arabia moves against Qatar. The Newest Crisis in the Middle East, Explained Mark Leon Goldberg June 8, 2017 Saudi Arabia and its close allies in the region moved against Qatar, cutting off sea and air travel and moving to isolate their fellow sunni Gulf ...
