Migration expert Christina Clark-Kazak explains the devastating consequences of the recent change to the Safe Third Country Agreement made by U.S. President Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau.
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White saviourism is simultaneously a state of mind and a concrete unequal power structure between the Global North and the Global South.
A former staffer with The Carter Center saw how Jimmy Carter’s efforts to bring democracy to Latin America improved conditions, prevented bloodshed and saved lives.
The devastating outcomes of earthquakes is worsened when buildings cannot withstand the impact. Also, increased urban density and new construction materials are complicating search-and-rescue efforts.
Waves of US troops and international peacekeeping forces have repeatedly failed to make Haiti more stable for more than 100 years.
DRC has the highest number of allegations of sexual abuse by UN peacekeepers – yet no systematic research on the claims of their abandoned children has existed until now.
The UN refugee convention’s first protected category is race. Yet the current refugee system does not protect Haitians from racism and its consequences.
The Haitian revolution was the first by a former slave colony and was to inspire other emancipation movements across the New World.
Collaboration can have immediate benefits in the most dire circumstances.
The Biden administration has used a public health provision to deport thousands of Haitian migrants entering the US via Mexico.
Plus, new research chronicling the experiences of Japanese Americans interned by the US government during the second world war. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
A seismic network was put in place after the 2010 quake but, despite recording two ‘strong motions’ before August 14, no alerts went out.
Aid workers are struggling to help Haitians with the latest devastating earthquake. A professor of disaster reduction assesses lessons learnt from the last one in 2010.
Needs will continue in Haiti and New Orleans – and for Afghan refugees – long past the point when most donors will have found new priorities.
Local power struggles and strong US interests have long shaped political leadership – and presidential assassinations – in Haiti, limiting nation-building projects on the Caribbean island.
Devastating quake came weeks after the assassination of Haiti’s president. A scholar of disaster preparedness explains the concept of ‘cascading crises’ and how other countries can help stabilize Haiti.
Confronted with centuries of exploitation by their country’s ruling class and foreign powers, Haitian writers warn against the impulse to seek solace in outside intervention or cynical humor.
It is necessary to put an end to the external shock therapy that has failed to generate a new social contract in Haiti and bring the country the prosperity it has been promised.
The current chaos in Haiti can be explained by the country’s political, institutional, economic and security conditions.
Why the rest of the world needs to listen to Haitian voices and take a longer view of Haiti’s unique history.
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Professor of Law, Conflict and Global Development, University of Reading
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Docteur en administration publique et chargé d'enseignement, École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP)
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Professeur agrégé, École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP)
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Professor of French and African American Studies, Yale University
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Senior Lecturer, International Development Department, University of Birmingham
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Lecturer, École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP)
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Assistant Professor, York University, Canada
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Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Florida State University
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Professor of International Politics, Lancaster University
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Professor of Public and International Affairs, former Director of the Center for Disaster Management, University of Pittsburgh
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Professor of Sociology, Brooklyn College
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Professor, Public and International Affairs, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Independent Researcher, University of Nottingham
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Research Fellow, Institute of Historical Research, University of London, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Associate Professor of History, Georgia State University
