Why The Crisis in Syria is About To Get Worse Mark Leon Goldberg January 16, 2020The conflict in Syria is entering a new phase. Over the last several years Syrian government forces, backed by outside powers like Russia and Iran, have steadily regained control of territory held by rebel fact...
What to Expect from North Korea in 2020 Mark Leon Goldberg January 14, 2020We may be in for a very turbulent year of nuclear diplomacy with North KoreaSince 2018, North Korea has had a self-imposed moratorium on the testing of nuclear weapons and long range missiles, like the kind...
How to Promote Tolerance in Myanmar, a Country that Recently Experienced a Genocide Mark Leon Goldberg January 6, 2020In 2017, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya muslims were driven from their homes in Myanmar. At the time, a UN official called this a "textbook example of ethnic cleansing." And today, the government of Myanmar ...
How the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Saves Lives Mark Leon Goldberg December 23, 2019The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria was created in 2002 as a partnership between governments, philanthropies and civil society. At the time, these three diseases were completely out of cont...
How Narendra Modi’s Hardline Hindu Nationalism is Transforming India Mark Leon Goldberg December 19, 2019India's prime minister Narendra Modi was re-elected to office in a landslide victory for his BJP party. Since then, he has implemented policies that have promoted hardline sectarianism.Modi is a Hindu nati...
Libya is Poised to Become THE Major International Crisis of 2020 Mark Leon Goldberg December 16, 2019The crisis in Libya is about to get much worse. Nine months ago a renegade general named Khalifa Hiftar launched an attack on the internationally recognized and UN-backed government in Tripoli. That assault sud...
UN Correspondent Chat: What’s Buzzing at United Nations Headquarters Mark Leon Goldberg December 12, 2019It's December at the United Nations. Just weeks before many delegates and staff take time off for the holidays. But as the year winds down, some issues are heating up. North Korea is once again dominating the ...
Why the Protests in Hong Kong Have Taken a New Turn Mark Leon Goldberg December 9, 2019Protesters in Hong Kong are once again flexing their muscle. Over the weekend, the largest protests in weeks stretched through downtown Hong Kong as nearly 1 million people took to the streets to demand greater...
Inside Europe’s Largest Refugee Camp Mark Leon Goldberg December 5, 2019The Moria Refugee Camp on the island of Lesvos, Greece is the largest refugee camp in Europe. The camp has an official capacity of just over 2,000 people. But the population is now more than 17,000, with most p...
