After years of decline, child marriages are skyrocketing in Yemen. (Because, War) Penelope Starr March 29, 2017 The war in Yemen - which is now entering its third year of active conflict - is having a devastating impact on the population. Almost the entire country is affected, with alarming rates of food insecurity and malnutrition. The public health system is threateni...
The “Four Famines,” Explained Kimberly Curtis March 17, 2017 Hunger will be the humanitarian disaster of 2017. The UN already declared a full fledged famine in parts of South Sudan last month, and three other situations around the world are precariously close to crossing a threshold of food insecurity that leads to fa...
Trump seeks deep cuts to UN relief programs, just as 20 million people face famine Mark Leon Goldberg March 14, 2017 In a perfect storm, the Trump administration is reportedly seeking deep cuts to UN relief programs, just as 20 million people face famine. Colum Lynch reports in Foreign Policy that the White House has instructed the State Department and the US Mission to t...
Famine, Explained (VIDEO) Mark Leon Goldberg March 13, 2017 What three conditions trigger the United Nations to declare a "famine?" What causes a famine? And how do you stop a famine? These questions are acute right now as the world faces an unprecedented number of people living in famine or near famine conditions. ...
Famine Strikes South Sudan. UN Warns Three Other Countries Could be Next. One of the Biggest Catastrophes of a Generation Mark Leon Goldberg February 23, 2017 Famine kills children first. Famine does not simply mean "lack of food." Rather it is a threshold against which indicators like childhood mortality are measured to determine whether the lack of food is causing people to starve to death in large numbers. Whi...
Yemen is on the Brink of Famine Mark Leon Goldberg October 19, 2016 In UN-speak there are five levels of "food insecurity." This ranges from generally food secure to famine. The chart below, from the Food and Agriculture Organization, gives you a sense of the indicators that humanitarian agencies use to determine where peop...
New York Times Journalist Scott Shane Tells The Inside Story of President Obama’s Most Controversial Foreign Policy Decision Mark Leon Goldberg October 3, 2016 Scott Shane is a veteran reporter with the New York Times. His latest book is titled Objective Troy: A Terrorist, a President and the Rise of the Drone. It tells the story of Anwar al-Awlaki and President Obama's decision to kill him. al-Awlaki was an A...
Yemen is sinking deeper and deeper into a never-ending civil war Mark Leon Goldberg September 12, 2016 Yemen is the region's poorest country. And since the Arab Spring it's also been one of the most unstable countries in the Gulf. Now, the civil war in Yemen is getting worse by the day. Hospitals are being routinely bombed, some 10,000 people have been k...
How One Senator is Trying to Change America’s Alliance with Saudi Arabia Mark Leon Goldberg May 18, 2016 Chris Murphy. Credit: CFR Senator Chris Murphy wants to change a bedrock relationship in US foreign policy. In April this year he introduced legislation to restrict arms sales to Saudi Arabia over that country's conduct in the war in Yemen. The Saud...
