Why Museums Matter in Berlin
Without cultural institutions, social change cannot flourish. When thinking of art as an influence for social change, one hardly ever thinks that art can impact cultural diplomacy as it relates to...
View ArticleFuture of International Aid: Helping the Helpless by Finding Altruism in...
By 2015, we will have nearly eradicated extreme poverty and hunger throughout the world by halving the proportion of people living on under $1.25 per day. We will have achieved universal primary...
View ArticleFree, Prior, and Informed Consent: Empowering Communities for People-Focused...
Imagine subsistence hunters in Brazil, or farmers in the Andean highlands, or fishing communities in Cambodia. Each of these geographically disparate groups is among the indigenous peoples of the world...
View ArticleFrom Rhetoric to Practice
The rapid manner in which social protection systems have gained prominence and political support in development and poverty reduction discourse over the past few years is practically without precedent,...
View ArticleEyes on the Prize: Nobel Laureates in East Asia
South Korea currently holds the title for highest proportion of Ph.D.’s per capita in the world. China is a symbol of rapid technological and economic growth. Despite these impressive achievements,...
View ArticleCanada’s Academic Diplomacy with North Korea
The relationship between western governments and North Korea has never been a particularly warm one. In the past couple of years, with a few of exceptions – Dennis Rodman’s high profile “friendship”...
View ArticleThe Argentine Dinner: Pride, Patriotism, and Wine
Dinner with a Rutini Malbec in “Lomo,” a Buenos Aires steakhouse. By Philip Choi. CC BY-SA 2.0, accessed via Wikipedia Commons After two months living abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina, you begin to...
View ArticleFighting Cultural Cleansing: Harnessing the Law to Preserve Cultural Heritage
Part of the palaces at Nimrud, an ancient Assyrian city in Iraq, before it was destroyed by the Islamic State earlier in 2015. Photo by M. Chohan, via Wikimedia Images. Public domain. Since the...
View ArticleThe Curious Case of Costa Rica: Can an Outlier Sustain its Success?
“Costa Rica Playa Tamarindo and Rivermouth 2007 Aerial Photograph” By Tamarindowiki, CC BYSA 2.0, accessed via Wikimedia Commons. In many respects, Costa Rica has been Latin America’s success story in...
View ArticleInvesting in All Children: Towards Equitable, Inclusive, and Sustainable...
Children smile in the Villa Nueva elementary school in Picota, Peru. Their school is among 30 participating in a UNICEF-assisted community education project. 2002. Photo courtesy of UNICEF....
View ArticleTowards a Sustainable Future: Reviewing the Millennium Development Goals
Our fall 2015 feature issue, Towards a Sustainable Future: Reviewing the Millennium Development Goals, will be hitting newsstands very soon! Check out some exclusive online articles for a preview of...
View ArticleProgress for Whom? Assessing the Millennium Development Goals
Members of a mother support group in northern Kenya. With help from UNICEF, mothers learn how to plant crops and provide proper nutrition for their children. Addressing women’s needs is important for...
View ArticleTransforming the University: The Curious Politics of US Satellite Campuses
When New York University (NYU) announced the completion of its US$1billion Abu Dhabi campus (NYUAD) in 2008, NYU’s president, John Sexton, called the project “an opportunity to transform the university...
View ArticleMaking the Millennium Development Goals Sustainable
Delegates meet in New York for the United Nations General Assembly. The Millennium Development Goals and the upcoming Sustainable Development Goals will certainly be major topics of discussion for the...
View ArticleFrom MDGs to SDGs: The Political Value of Common Global Goals
A Vietnamese vendor shows off her wares, which were funded by microfinance loans. Photo by Lorrie Graham/AusAID via flickr. CC BY 4.0. The adoption of the Millennium Declaration by world leaders 15...
View ArticleGender Equality and the United Nations: An Interview with Nafis Sadik
A Women’s Health meeting group poses for a picture in Dang District, India. Photo by Friends of UNFPA. CC BY-ND 4.0, accessed via flickr. As a women’s rights advocate and physician, could you tell us...
View ArticleBeyond the “Roma Issue”: Holistically Combatting the Marginalization of Roma...
Damian Draghici giving a speech. Throughout his time in the European Parliament, Mr. Draghici has worked to improve the situation of the historically marginalized Roma population. By Partidul Social...
View ArticleThe Right to Education: Regulating the Conduct of Armed Forces Under...
Paramilitary troops had been living in the classrooms of Tankuppa High School for three years when my colleagues at Human Rights Watch visited the town in India’s eastern state of Bihar in 2009. The...
View ArticleThe New Global Ambassador: Popular Culture as a Tool of International Diplomacy
Our winter 2016 feature issue, The New Global Ambassador: Popular Culture as a Tool of International Diplomacy, will be hitting newsstands soon! Check out the latest print edition as well as some...
View ArticleA Wave of Change: For Girls
Girls are having their moment in the spotlight. From Michelle Obama’s Let Girls Learn initiative, to the Always #LikeAGirl Super Bowl ad last year, to celebrity debates about the term “feminist,” it...
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