World
The Year of a Not-so Radical Change
The Jubilee Year has a long tradition in the Catholic Church, but the announcement of a simplified process for forgiving those who participated in the process of obtaining an abortion is revolutionary. Or so it appears.
Finding Refuge As the Tides Rise : The Climate Migration Crisis
In May of 2014, Ioane Teitiota, a 38 year old man from the small island nation of Kiribati, made the world’s first climate changerelated refugee appeal. Overnight, Kiribati became the face o of climate change migration. Surrounded on all sides by the…
Out of the Tunisian Blue: The Change-Makers Behind the Scenes
At a time when Libya has become a failed state, Syria has become a humanitarian catastrophe, and Yemen has become a foreign powers’ battleground, Tunisia serves as a welcome relief. Today, Tunisia, the pioneer of the grandiose Arab Spring, is…
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: A Gentle Push for Chinese Economic Reform
While the TPP certainly hurts China marginally, its exclusion of China does not constitute containment: it is a free trade agreement, and China is not yet a free economy.
An Interview with Gro Harlem-Brundtland, Former Prime Minister of Norway
In Norwegian politics, “It’s the argument or the passion which you decide to express yourself which counts, not money. “
An Aspirational Democracy
“I have an equal amount of optimism and cynicism. But there is always hope.”
Guatemala: Democracy in Crisis
The ousting of a corrupt president amid a presidential election has left the state of Guatemala’s democracy in uncertain times.
Winnie-the-Pooh Politics: The Ingenuity of Chinese Memes
In China’s censorship culture, memes have become a valuable medium for political expression.