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The first President Bush had some impressive foreign policies wins, but could he be best remembered for getting the US entangled in Iraq?
On June 1, Donald Trump announced that he would take the US out of the Paris climate agreement because it was “unfair” to the US. An economic analysis indicates otherwise.
While this latest storm over intelligence sharing is far from unique, the leaks into the Manchester attack investigation are of a different order.
If it were a film, viewers would say it’s too far-fetched to be believable.
In a changing and unsettled world, migration can be a greater-than-ever contributor to development for communities of origin, destination areas, and for the migrants themselves.
The person who takes office on July 1 2017 will have significant impact on the organisation, and on all of global health.
The Democratic Republic of Congo desperately needs a peaceful election but with the UN threatening to scale back its DRC mission, the likelihood of a successful poll is being threatened
No place is off-limits to tourism, so the industry grows without restriction – but there are ways to curb the environmental damage it does.
By not acknowledging what Haitians themselves think they need, the UN is failing to sort out one of its worst ever blunders.
According to 2016 rankings, Somalia is the most fragile state in the world, worse off even than Syria. But there are reasons to believe things will improve.
The treaty to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons has been exceptionally successful. Only nine states have them. Now, efforts are underway to completely rid the world of them.
Are Trump’s missile strikes against Syria constitutional? An expert on Congress and foreign policy provides a brief history of how the separation of war powers has blurred over time.
A former US diplomat explains why some programs may make sense to cut, while others are crucial to America’s moral standing.
Getting involved in sports-based projects offers young Zambians a sense of community and helps them to build new support systems.
The 1994 Rwandan genocide evokes shame, despair, and revulsion.Yet, the events warrant reflection and remind us about the risks of looking the other way.
The international community – and the U.S. and China in particular – should give serious thought to what might be North Korea’s cyberattack equivalent of a nuclear weapons test.
The use of chemical weapons will put even more pressure on fragile peace talks.
The UN Human Rights Council needs to be aware of some profound contradictions in human rights law as it applies to corporations.
One of the worst humanitarian disasters in decades is well underway in East Africa.
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Professor of Law, Conflict and Global Development, University of Reading
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Executive Director, University of Dayton Human Rights Center, University of Dayton
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Associate Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor, Melbourne Climate Futures initiative, The University of Melbourne
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Visiting Professor of Practice, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
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Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor in the Frederick S Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
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Senior Lecturer, International Development Department, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer in Practice, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Existential Risk, University of Cambridge
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Professor and Director of the Policy Innovation Hub, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Associate Professor in International Human Rights Law, The University of Western Australia
