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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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August 2, 2018
Refugees and Displaced Persons
The Humanitarian Crisis You Haven’t Heard About
The United Nations Refugee Agency reports that one person is forcibly displaced from their home every two seconds as a result of conflict or persecution. We have seen the photographs of Syrian refugee camps in Turkey and Lebanon, and read about Somali refugees flooding into Yemen. Worldwide, refugees—citizens who flee their own country for another—number more than 20 million. But that number is dwarfed by a more silent and devastating crisis: the over 40 million who are internally displaced.
January 9, 2018
Conflict Prevention
What to Worry About in 2018
Panelists discuss the potential and ongoing crises that may erupt or escalate in 2018, as well as their global political implications.
October 23, 2020
Election 2020
Campaign Foreign Policy Roundup: Biden and Trump Debate Foreign Policy, Kinda
Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This week: foreign policy was a topic at the second and final presidential debate of the 2020 campaign.
November 28, 2017
Women and Women's Rights
Eliminating Violence Against Women
This week marks the United Nations' Sixteen Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, when the United Nations, partner organizations, and governments around the world galvanize attention to gen…
August 26, 2015
Human Rights
Women Around the World: This Week
Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post, from August 19 to August 25, was compiled by Vale…
