Is Climate Migration a Security Threat? | Climate Security Series
Climate variability can cause the mass movement of people -- but does the mass movement of people fleeing climate shocks undermine political and human security? A diverse panel of experts who explore...
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Is Sri Lanka at Risk For a Return to Mass Atrocity? | "Red Flags or Resilience?" Series
The government of Sri Lanka is using COVID-19 as a pre-text to assert control over ethnic minority populations. This is particularly troubling because the government has a history of atrocity crime. T...
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Famine in Ethiopia as the Tigray Conflict Worsens
By all accounts, the situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia is extremely grim and about to get much worse. The United Nations now says that famine has struct parts of the region. The civil war in ...
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The Ban Ki-moon Interview
Ban Ki-moon served as the eighth Secretary General of the United Nations from 2007 to 2016. He is out with a new memoir titled Resolved: Uniting Nations in a Divided World. We cover quite a bit of gr...
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Biden's Pick for Top US Human Rights Post, Sarah Margon
President Biden has nominated Sarah Margon as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. This is the top American global human rights watchdog and the most important human ri...
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A Grounds-Eye View Of the Scarily Rapid Demise of Democracy and Free Speech in Hong Kong
Hana Meihan Davis comes from a long line of democracy activists in Hong Kong. Today, they are all either in exile, facing arrest, or somewhere in between. Hana Meihan Davis is the author of the new bo...
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Why Would Belarus Force Down A Civilian Airliner to Capture a Dissident Journalist?
On Sunday May 23rd a Belarusian fighter jet intercepted a civilian Ryan Air flight and forced it land in Minsk, Belarus. Authorities promptly arrested a dissident journalist onboard and his girlfriend...
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Why The Transition to Green Economies May Fuel Demand for Conflict Minerals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
As the world turns towards greener economies there will be a surge in demand for natural resources that enable a less carbon intensive future. This includes the mineral cobalt, which is key component ...
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