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New Statesman: Day in the Life of an Aid Worker Under the Blockade in Yemen

November 29, 2017
Saudi Arabia, intervening in the Yemen civil war, has imposed a blockade with periodic openings to allow humanitarian aid. The war and the blockade adds to the challenges of delivering emergency relief, and New Statesman published the description of a typical day for Johan Mooij, the country...

BBC News: Chemical Attack in Syria

April 9, 2018
More than 40 Syrians including children were reported dead after a chemical weapons attack in Douma, a town once held by Syrian rebels. International investigators cannot enter the area besieged by war. Syria’s brutal regime, supported by Russia, has focused attacks on areas once held by rebels...

The Guardian: US Urges North Korea on “Irreversible” Steps to Denuclearization

May 7, 2018
Donald Trump’s national security advisor John Bolton expects North Korea to show “concrete and tangible evidence” on denuclearization prior to any formal easing of sanctions and political pressure on the state. With planning underway for a summit between Trump and North Korean President Kim Jong-un...

How to Meet SDG and Climate Goals: 8 Lessons for Scaling Up Development Programs

May 11, 2016
Most countries of the world have agreed to meet UN Sustainable Development Goals and targets to limit carbon emissions as outlined with the Paris Climate treaty. Writing for Brookings, Johannes F. Linn, a former World Bank vice president, points out that governments must find ways “to meet the top-...

Inevitable “Greater Depression”? Project Syndicate

April 29, 2020
Tackling problems swiftly, well in advance, tends to produce better results than waiting for crisis. After the 2007-08 crisis, governments failed to address imbalances and other structural problems. Nouriel Roubini, writing for Project Syndicate, anticipates a lingering depression throughout the...

Newcastle Herald: 20,000 “Ravenous” Kingfish Escape and Hit Marine Park

February 4, 2018
Rough seas allowed thousands of predatory kingfish to escape a fish farm north of Newcastle in Australia. Officials worry about the escapees destroying wild fish, especially those in a nearby marine park. “The future of the controversial joint NSW government and Tasmania-based Huon Aquaculture...

Long Nuclear Shadow Could Revive Calls for Abolition

June 21, 2016
Led by Russia and the United States, the world reduced the nuclear stockpile from 60,000 weapons to about 16,000 held by nine nations. The total still poses a grave global threat. Any nuclear attack or accident would kill many, devastating an entire region, which in turn would revive demands for...

China’s Push in the South China Sea Divides the Region

May 15, 2014
China has moved a huge oil exploration rig in disputed waters claimed by Vietnam. The 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations is divided over how to react, writes Murray Hiebert of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Nations quarrel over small groups of islands to control...
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