Protests in Thailand, Explained Mark Leon Goldberg October 30, 2020 On October 14th, something very unusual happened in Thailand when a Royal Motorcade carrying the Queen brushed up against a group of pro-democracy protesters. The monarchy in Thailand has traditionally been a c...
Biological Weapons: Still a Huge Global Threat! Mark Leon Goldberg October 26, 2020 It's the late summer and an unexplained influenza virus is killing international travelers. Researchers quickly identify the virus as a genetically engineered flu-strain. Intelligence agencies find irrefutable ...
Happy Birthday, UN: What the United Nation’s 75th Anniversary Tells Us About the Future of International Relations and Multilateralism Mark Leon Goldberg October 23, 2020 On October 24, 1945 the San Francisco Treaty that established the United Nations entered into force. The United Nations, as we know it today, was officially born as a platform for collective security among its ...
How Protests Against Police Brutality in Nigeria Sparked a Mass Social Movement Mark Leon Goldberg October 19, 2020 In early October a video began to circulate on social media in Nigeria depicting a gruesome act of police brutality. The perpetrators of the police violence were from a notorious police unit called the Special ...
COVID-19 is Forcing a Reckoning in the Humanitarian Aid Industry Mark Leon Goldberg October 12, 2020 The constellation of UN agencies, non-governmental organizations and localĀ actors that respond when people's lives are upended by a natural or manmade disaster is what we refer to as the humanitarian aid secto...
The World Food Program Wins the Nobel Peace Prize. These Two Podcast Episodes Take You Inside the Work of the WFP Mark Leon Goldberg October 9, 2020 The World Food Program was awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize "for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving for...
Political Crisis in Cote D’Ivoire Mark Leon Goldberg October 5, 2020 In early March Cote D'Ivoire president Alassane Ouatarra announced that he would not seek a constitutionally dubious third term in office. Instead, he he said he would pass the baton to a new generation of Ivor...
Major Crisis Erupts in Nagorno-Karabakh Mark Leon Goldberg October 1, 2020 A major conflict has erupted in Nagorno-Karabakh, with some of the heaviest fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan in decades. This fighting may deteriorate into a major international crisis. Nagorno-Karabakh...
The Link Between Gender and the Use of Clean Cookstoves and Solar Lighting in Rural Communities Mark Leon Goldberg September 30, 2020 In rural Ethiopia women are more likely than men to collect firewood and cook over stoves that emit harmful smoke. Meanwhile, men are more likely than women to control how household income is spent. Accordingly...