Crisis in Bolivia
On November 12th, longtime Bolivian president Evo Morales fled to Mexico, prompting a political and security crisis in the Bolivia. Evo Morales fled his country amid protests against alleged election ...
25 Nov 201932min
Why The Gambia is Suing Myanmar for Genocide
The small west African country of the Gambia has lodged a suit at the International Court of Justice against Myanmar for committing a genocide against the Rohingya people. The Rohingya are an ethnic ...
14 Nov 201928min
Iraq Protests: A Reporter in Baghdad Explains Why Thousands of Iraqis are Protesting the Government
For the past several weeks, Washington Post reporter Mustafa Salim has had a front row view to massive protests that have erupted in Baghdad and other cities in Iraq. As he explains in this Global Dis...
11 Nov 201927min
How Prepared are We for the Next Big Global Epidemic?
In 1976 Peter Piot was a 27-year-old microbiologist working in Belgium when he travelled to the Democratic Republic of Congo, then called Zaire, to investigate a particularly deadly disease outbreak. ...
4 Nov 201929min
Arab Countries Are Exporting their Fight to Far Away Battlefields
One of the driving forces of international relations over the last several years has been a rivalry between Arab states. This is sometimes called the "Gulf Crisis" and put simply, it refers to tension...
31 Okt 201930min
How The Top LGBTI Rights Watchdog at the United Nations Defends Human Rights Around the World
Victor Madrigal-Borloz is a Costa Rican jurist who serves as the United Nations Independent Expert on Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. In...
28 Okt 201930min
Massive Protests and a Major Crisis in Chile
What began last week as a protest against a fare hike in for the Santiago, Chile metro system has morphed into a broad social movement against increasing economic inequality in the country. And it has...
24 Okt 201931min
What the Trouble Between the NBA and China Tells Us About the Future of International Relations
On October 4th, the General Manager of the Houston Rockets basketball team shared a message on Twitter. It was which was an image with the words: "Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong." The post wa...
21 Okt 201921min
