Conflict Watch: The Deteriorating Syrian Civil War and Humanitarian Crisis
The Syrian opposition recently offered a dangerous ultimatum, which is symbolic of the overall deterioration for the prospect of a political transition in Syria: “The Syrian opposition will not attend...
View ArticleConflict Watch: Weighing in on Prospective U.S. Military Strikes in Syria
Up until this point, chemical attack allegations in Syria have been a “blame-game” dominated by circumstantial evidence, hypothetical questions / appeals to logic, murky details, and classified...
View ArticleTransparency Report: You’ve Gotta Fight, For Your (Human) Rights
This past week marked the well documented 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s March on Washington For Jobs and Freedom and the “I Have a Dream” speech. Despite being known as a civil rights...
View ArticleG20 Kicks-Off Today, A Number of Hot-Topic Issues to be Discussed by World...
From the international financial and monetary systems to international tax-evasion to armed conflicts, the worlds leaders are getting together to figure out how to minimize human rights violations and...
View ArticleHighlights From the St. Petersburg G20 Leaders Declaration
The G20 Leader’s summit was held in St. Petersburg, Russia over the past 2 days. While much has been made over the lack of an international consensus on Syria, less attention has been given to...
View ArticleEconomic Outlook: African Leaders Demand Better Deals in Chinese Extractive FDI
Original Article: In Niger, government officials have fought a Chinese oil giant step by step, painfully undoing parts of a contract they call ruinous. In neighboring Chad, they have been even more...
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