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Opinion

From Roosevelt to Trump: The Complicated Legacy of Personal Diplomacy

by Tizoc Chavez

2024/11/15

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No, We Are Not Facing a Crisis in School Safety

by Chris Curran

2019/04/19

Most Americans see schools as less safe today than two decades ago. This narrative, however, is misleading. The risk of...

Demonstrators in Sudan have not been satisfied by the ouster of Bashir, demanding a transition to a civilian government.

Opinion

Focus on Protests Overlooks Role of Sudan’s Many Ongoing Civil Wars

by Peter Run

2019/04/19

A focus on the protests in Sudan’s capital Khartoum overlooks the country’s five concurrent civil wars. The relationship between these...

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un before a meeting at the Sofitel Legend Metropole hotel in Hanoi on February 27, 2019

Opinion

‘Bright Future’ in Rear-View Mirror: North Korea’s Resurging Crisis After Hanoi

by Chan Young Bang

2019/04/18

What North Korea's leadership wants is survival; however, what the nation and its leaders need is dynamic and sustained economic growth to cement the...

Opinion

Joint Responsibility: LGBT Rights in a Polarized World

by Susan Dicklitch-Nelson and Indira Rahman

2019/04/18

The climate of global LGBT rights has never been so hopeful or so perilous - or so polarized. In this...

Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky casts his ballot at a polling station during Ukraine’s presidential election in Kiev on March 31

Opinion

Of Tears and Laughter: Aftermath of First Round of Ukraine’s Presidential Election

by Kiril Avramov and Matthew Orr

2019/04/17

By capitalizing on his outsider celebrity status, media-savvy behavior, and slick tactical use of social media, comedian-turned-politician Volodymyr Zelensky managed...

Opinion

Argentina’s ‘Zero Poverty’ President Fights for Re-Election – After Increasing Poverty

by Jennifer Pribble

2019/04/18

Argentina's sharp rise in poverty is troubling news for the nation and for President Mauricio Macri, who in 2015 ran on...

The World Health Organization recommends a 95-percent measles vaccination rate to prevent mass hospitalisations and fatalities

Opinion

Rising Measles Cases Urge for Different Approach to Anti-Vaccination

by Uche C. Ezeh and Sangrag Ganguli

2019/04/16

In spite of high vaccination rates, cases of measles have increased in the United States in recent years. This urges...

Supporters of the Israeli Likud Party wave party and national flags as they gather at its headquarters in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on election night early on April 10, 2019

Opinion

Israeli Voters Have Spoken but Major Uncertainties Remain

by Harold M. Waller

2019/04/16

Israel’s election provided a pretty clear conclusion. Benjamin Netanyahu will form a right of center government as he starts his...

Opinion

Attorney General Must Turn Over Unedited Mueller Report to Congress

by Daniel P. Franklin

2019/04/22

The Mueller report is a federal government work product paid for at the taxpayers’ expense. It belongs to the people...

Police used tear gas to disperse protests in Sudan's capital Khartoum and other cities

Opinion

End of an Era: What is Next for Sudan After Ousting Longtime President Bashir?

by David Kiwuwa

2019/04/15

Sudan's transformational journey is certainly not going to be easy or straightforward, but the removal of longtime President Bashir is...

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the 2019 elections

Opinion

Where Does the Israeli Left Go From Here?

by Nir Arielli

2019/04/12

This week’s elections in Israel produced at least one result that has surely caught the eye of anyone who has...

A woman holds a banner reading "Equality" during an International Women’s Day demonstration in the southern French city of Marseille

Opinion

Women’s Rights Backlash and Feminist Revival: Gender Equality in 2019

by Lilia Giugni

2019/04/12

The present feminist revival goes hand in hand with a new worldwide rollback of women’s rights, involving a dangerous resurgence...

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo

Opinion

US Intervention Has Facilitated Nicaraguan President’s Ability to Repress Nation

by Benjamin Waddell

2019/04/12

A year after Nicaragua's student-led uprising, President Daniel Ortega is back in control. A history of US intervention in the...

South African burning tires in protests that led to xenophobic violence

Opinion

Exploiting Xenophobia for Political Gain: South Africa’s Colonial Legacy

by Susan Thomson

2019/04/11

South African authorities have little interest in addressing the presence of xenophobia in society. Through blatant lies, intended to scapegoat and dehumanize...

The streets of the Algerian capital have turned into a mass of green, white and red as merchants hawking flags cash in on huge rallies against President Bouteflika

Opinion

Will Democratic Transition Succeed in Algeria?

by Mieczysław Boduszyński

2019/04/10

Algerians want and deserve better than the autocracy of recent years or the violent conflict of the 1990s, but the...

Myanmar Rohingya refugees look on in a refugee camp in Teknaf, in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar, on November 26, 2016

Opinion

Race, Ethnicity, and Culture: How do Rohingya Explain Concepts that Undermine their Existence?

by Cresa Pugh

2019/04/09

The idea that one must be of a certain race or religion to truly belong to and be of a...

participants of an artificial intelligence conference

Opinion

Why Artificial Intelligence Needs Democratic Governance

by Birgit Schippers

2019/04/09

Artificial intelligence poses serious threats to democratic politics, democratic institutions, and our capacity and right to engage freely in democratic...