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October 2, 2014

Middle East and North Africa
The President and the New Housing in Jerusalem

In December 2012, the Jerusalem District Planning and Building Committee announced a major new housing project. In an area of east Jerusalem called Givat Hamatos, 2600 units would be built. Of some s…

September 8, 2011

Israel
Among the Protesters in Israel

An Israeli protester chats to an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man near tents pitched on Tel Aviv’s Rothschild Boulevard as part of a demonstration (Nir Elias/Courtesy Reuters) Enjoy the guest post today fr…

Among the Protesters in Israel

August 4, 2011

Guest Post: Clash of Interpretations: Was the UN "Attacked"?

People use computers in an internet cafe in Shanghai. (Nir Elias/ Courtesy Reuters). After the release of a report this week revealing significant gaps in cybersecurity among states, the p…

Guest Post: Clash of Interpretations: Was the UN "Attacked"?

June 1, 2011

China
The Global Fund, China, and Civil Society

A boy from northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region gets first aid for cigarette-burn wounds in the Baoji Xinxing Aid for Street Kids at Baoji in Northwest China's Shaanxi province. Baoji X…

A boy from northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region gets first aid for cigarette-burn wounds in the Baoji Xinxing Aid for Street Kids at Baoji, Northwest China’s Shaanxi province on July 18, 2007. Baoji Xinxing Aid for Street Kids is a Chinese NGO fully funded by donations and provides clothing, food, accommodation, and basic health for street kids from all over China.