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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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June 4, 2012
United States
How Many Civilians Are Killed by U.S. Drones?
After last week’s excellent reporting in Newsweek and the New York Times, many pundits and policymakers are newly aware of America’s policy of targeted killings and the existence of “kill lists.” Thi…
August 28, 2012
International Organizations
Guest Post: Iran’s Must-See Sites for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Below is a guest post by Felice Gaer and Christen Broecker. Gaer and Broecker are, respectively, director and associate director of the Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights. …
June 13, 2013
United States
Middle East Matters This Week: Syria’s Deaths, Turkey’s Protests, and Egypt’s Water
Significant Developments Syria. United Nations high commissioner for human rights Navi Pillay said today that the Syrian death toll is approaching ninety-three thousand. Syrian rebels attacked the v…
September 19, 2011
United States
Pakistan, America, and Journalistic Courage
Tribesmen pray at grave of Hayatullah Khan during his funural near Mir Ali in the North Waziristan region on the Afghan border on June 17, 2006 (Faisal Mahmood/Courtesy Reuters). In 2005, U.S. and P…
