Author:
Michael Shank
Published Date:April 22, 2016
Publication: The Huffington Post
Abstract:This was a big week for the United Nations, which came out strong on climate and the sustainable development goals and witnessed major milestones in recent...
Author:
Michael Shank
Published Date:April 19, 2016
Publication: USA Today
Abstract:The latest frightening climate study, predicting a devastating rise in sea levels in the lifetimes of babies born today, isn’t generating the sense of...
Author:
Aya Hijazi
Published Date:April 19, 2016
Publication: The New York Times
Abstract:CAIRO — In the United Arab Emirates, a Libyan-American father and son detained since 2014 on political charges said security agents tortured them in...
Author:
Jeremy Rinker
Published Date:April 19, 2016
Abstract:Dr. Jeremy Rinker (Peace and Conflict Studies) gave a talk commemorating the 125 birth anniversary of Indian social reformer Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. This is an...
Author:
Kevin Avruch
Published Date:April 18, 2016
Publication: Winona Daily News
Abstract:“Conflict happens in isolation.”Wow, that’s it. A sense of awareness ignited as I listened to Kristin Famula, president of the National Peace...
Author:
Michael Shank
Published Date:April 18, 2016
Publication: U.S. News and World Report
Abstract:Meetings and invitations, with whom and by whom, is how much of the media distilled down Sen. Bernie Sanders' visit to the Vatican this past week. In...
Author:
Najla Mangoush
Published Date:April 15, 2016
Publication: Libya Herald
Abstract:This is an exerpt from this article:Six leading Libyan women dominated a symposium entitled “Libya, Five Years After the 2011 Revolution,” held on...
Author:
Kevin Avruch
Published Date:April 14, 2016
Publication: The Huffington Post
Abstract:"Conflict happens in isolation.”Wow, that’s it. A sense of awareness ignited as I listened to Kristin Famula, president of the National Peace...
Author:
Michael Shank
Published Date:April 13, 2016
Publication: The World Post
Abstract:In April, twenty five years ago, Pope John Paul II wrote “Centesimus Annus,” an encyclical very similar to Pope Francis’s much-heralded...
Published Date:April 13, 2016
Publication: Middle East Eye
Abstract:Driven by the search for his legacy in the Middle East, it seems President Barack Obama has decided to spend additional political capital on reviving Israeli-...
Author:
Thomas Flores, Buzz McClain
Published Date:April 11, 2016
Publication: University News: George Mason University
Abstract:Free elections are the cornerstones of democracy, but there are times when holding elections can hurt the cause of democracy, particularly when a country is in...
Author:
Michael Shank
Published Date:April 08, 2016
Publication: Co.Exist
Abstract:We now know how extensively and dangerously oil industry giants, such as ExxonMobil, sowed doubt in the American mind regarding the existence of global warming...