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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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September 22, 2023
Corruption
Claudia Escobar Mejía: Marshall-Plan Like Effort Needed to Eliminate Corruption in Central America
Without new measures to build democratic institutions, entrenched corruption, migration, and violence will only get worse.
November 8, 2021
United States
TWE Remembers: The Trent Affair
A diplomatic crisis between the United States and Great Britain over two captured Confederate envoys nearly sparked war one hundred sixty years ago.
January 31, 2023
United States
The Violent Far-Right Terrorist Threat to the U.S. Military
In addition to minority communities and those on the political left, far-right and white supremacist extremism threatens violence against institutions conservatives cherish as well, such as the U.S. …
August 13, 2020
Human Trafficking
The Evolution of Human Trafficking During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated human lives, the global economy, and educational systems. Given the enormous financial hardship on families, the mass movement of people, and the closing of schoo…
March 14, 2019
South Sudan
How Oil Companies Help Fund Violence in South Sudan
On February 20, the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan issued its third report. Despite the peace deal signed five months ago, it documented an increase in cases of rape and sexual violence over the past year, concluding that the crimes had “become quite normalized” in South Sudan. Driving much of this is oil.
