Shorty Keeps Running Away

Catalina PiccatoNovember 7, 2015Comment

Dangerous Times for Algeria

World: AfricaAhmed M'radOctober 30, 2015Comment

What You Need to Know: Ukraine

The upheaval in the Ukraine is rapidly escalating; we've compiled the best thinking on the topic to help you keep up

WorldCindy ZhangOctober 19, 2015Russia, the United States, UkraineComment

World Leader’s Forum:

Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of the Government of Bangladesh delivers an address titled, "Girls Lead the Way," in Columbia University's Low Library

World, World: AsiaAsha BanerjeeOctober 3, 2015bangladesh, Education Reform, women's rightsComment

Understanding the Madmen: The Rationale for Iran's Rhetoric

By recognizing how domestic considerations play a part in Iranian foreign policy, we can better understand why their pronouncements seem to be at odds with their commitments.

World, WorldAsher ZlotnikAugust 10, 2015Comment

Briefing: Global Energy Policy

Cindy ZhangMay 9, 2015Comment

Malaysian Malaise - Poor Prospects for Democracy in Anwar Ibrahim’s Legal Woes

To be sure, the headline “Malaysian Court Upholds Opposition Leader’s Sodomy Conviction” is not necessarily shocking in its own right. This is, after all, the era in which political figures being caught up in purportedly lurid sex scandals is now almost cliché.

World, World: AsiaMaren KillackeyMay 8, 2015MalaysiaComment

Radio Silence - A Defense of Carmen Aristegui and a Mexican Free Press

Carmen Aristegui, considered the most famous newscast journalist in Mexico, once hosted a daily morning radio talk show followed devoutly by millions of middle-class Mexicans. Her personal brand of investigatory journalism was markedly different from the standard of Mexican media: aggressive, probing—if sometimes lacking in reportorial rigor.

World, World: AmericasCatalina PiccatoMay 8, 2015mexicoComment

Taking Aim at Neutrality: Upholding the Principle of Medical Non-interference in Syria

Today, violations of medical neutrality constitute a war crime under the Geneva Convention. Yet, as an international norm, the principle has had minimal influence mitigating violence in the Syrian conflict.

World, World: AsiaSasha Zients and Dylan Okabe-JawdatMay 8, 2015SyriaComment

A Fatal Feud - Colonial Roots of Kenya’s 2007 Post-election Violence

Since its independence in 1963, Kenya has been hailed as an island of peace and stability within Africa. It therefore came as a surprise to the international community when violence rocked the country starting December 28, 2007, barely twenty-four hours after the conclusion of a highly contested presidential election. What could have caused the 2007 post-election violence?

World: AfricaEdna SimbiMay 8, 2015KenyaComment

Identity Theft? An Exploration of Ukrainian National Identity in the Conflict with Russia

Despite falling out of the headlines of Western news sources, the bloody conflict in Eastern Ukraine is ongoing. This feature of two interviews and a personal piece look to ex- plore deeper questions of Ukrainian national identity and how it relates to Russia, the West, and the politics—both cultural and strategic—of the current conflict.

World: EuropeAndrew PasquierMay 8, 2015Ukraine Comments

Burning Up and Burning Down - Tracing the Flames of Ethnic Conflict in Côte d’Ivoire and Burundi

Once praised as West Africa’s “beacon of stability,” Côte d’Ivoire shocked the world when its bloody civil war erupted in 2002. The unrest ultimately killed over 1,000 people, according to Freedom House. What sparked this conflict and propagated the violence?

World: AfricaCindy ZhangMay 8, 2015AfricaComment

Kyotastrophe - the Kyoto Protocol’s Inequitable Failure

In 1997, government representatives from 170 states convened, and negotiated their way to form a single plan of action: the Kyoto Protocol. The Protocol called for thirty-eight states to reduce greenhouse gases emissions to 5 percent below their emission levels in 1990 between 2008 and 2012.

World: AsiaVivian TsaiMay 8, 2015Comment

Interview with President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Toomas Ilves, the President of Estonia, is a proponent of internet freedom as a human right and has been honored as co-chair of the World Bank Development Report on IT. Ilves credits his education at Columbia, in particular its renowned Core Curriculum, for inspiring him to make a difference and to lead in a humanistic way.

Sophie WilkowskeMay 8, 2015EstoniaComment

Events 05/04-05/08

Reading week events post

Cindy ZhangMay 1, 2015Comment

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Weekly Events Post

Cindy ZhangApril 26, 2015Comment

US-China Power Play, and the Fiscal Play

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), launched on October 24, 2014, is the latest item on China’s Silk Road agenda that reflects the country’s increasing willingness to establish financial instruments for itself and by itself.

World, World: AsiaJenny Yeji YooApril 25, 2015AIIB, china, economicsComment