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The Dalai Lama Dilemma
In October, the Dalai Lama was slated to attend the 14th Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates in Cape Town, South Africa. Yet for the third time in five years, the South African government barred the Dalai Lama from entering their country. Conference organizers had no choice but to cancel the event.
Power Africa: Laying the Grid to Electrify a Continent
Power Africa represents a transformational moment in US development policy.
Blinded by Fear: How Politics Influenced Medical Policy in Greece
The international community has accused Greece of mistreating and stigmatizing citizens with HIV over the last few years.
We Have No Place to Go
“We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.” These words of former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir ring true today when one looks at a map of the Arab countries…
Is ISIS playing at the heartstrings of America to cover up the real issues?
By now, most have heard or seen the atrocious YouTube videos posted by ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) showing the beheadings of innocent people of the West. The most notable of those beheadings include American journalists James Foley…
Climate Diplomacy: Do We Need a Supranational Authority?
This year on the 22nd of September, world leaders clocked 16 hours of speech-making at the UN Climate Summit in New York. While this might say a lot about the attention span of the delegates, the more pertinent question is…