War Crimes and Ethnic Cleansing Were Committed Against the Rohingya of Myanmar. They Deserve Justice. But How? Mark Leon Goldberg August 15, 2019In August 2017, hundreds of thousands of ethnic Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar fled across the border to Bangladesh. The Rohingya are a minority population that have long faced discrimination by the Buddhist Bur...
Map of the Day: Measles Outbreaks Around the World Mark Leon Goldberg August 13, 2019The World Health Organization released new measles surveillance data this week, and the outlook is not good. The data shows that there have been more measles cases worldwide in the first six months of 2019 than...
Remembering the Yazidi Genocide, Five Years On Mark Leon Goldberg August 12, 2019In the summer of 2014, ISIS forces swept through parts of Iraq that were home to the Yazidi people. This is an ethnic minority that has lived in northwestern Iraq for centuries -- and suddenly they were under a...
Ben Rhodes Discusses Aung San Suu Kyi’s Fall From Grace as a Human Rights Icon Mark Leon Goldberg August 8, 2019When Ben Rhodes first met Aung San Suu Kyi she exuded the all traits that made her such an international icon for human rights and democracy. The year was 2012, and Ben Rhodes, who was the deputy national secur...
The White House is Trying to Circumvent Congress to Strip Funding for Diplomacy and Development Mark Leon Goldberg August 6, 2019The White House is seeking to circumvent Congress to enact sweeping budget cuts on programs that support global development, diplomacy and the United Nations. On August third, the White House Office of Budget ...
Drought in the Horn of Africa is Threatening 15 Million People Mark Leon Goldberg August 5, 2019The Horn of Africa region, which includes parts of Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, is experiencing a severe drought. This region has been particularly vulnerable to droughts in recent years--but the situation this s...
Ethiopia is in the Midst of a Rapid Democratic Renewal. Can It Succeed? Mark Leon Goldberg August 1, 2019Ethiopia's political scene is changing. Since taking office in April 2018, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has accelerated a process of political opening, including a greater freedom of press, the release of politica...
It is the One Year Anniversary of the Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Mark Leon Goldberg July 31, 2019August 1 marks the first anniversary of the ongoing ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It's a grim milestone.Since first detected last year, ebola has sickened over 2,600 people and kil...
Spain Has Figured Out How to Save the Lives of Migrants at Sea. The Rest of the EU Should Follow Mark Leon Goldberg July 30, 2019Ed note. This article by Luna Vives, Assistant Professor of Geography and Migration, Université de Montréal is from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. According to the International Organiz...
