Saif Gaddafi’s Release and the Challenge for International Criminal Justice
Six years after his capture during the Arab Spring uprising against his father Muammar Gaddafi, and despite pending charges in the International Criminal Court, Saif al Islam Gaddafi has been set free...
View ArticleKenya’s Elections Matter for the U.S.
A police officer watches over a polling station at Olympic Primary School in Kibera, one of the largest slums in Africa, on August 8, 2017 in Nairobi, Kenya. Today, Kenyans are heading to the polls in...
View ArticleThe Rohingya Crisis and the Risk to American Geopolitical Interests
Rohingya wait in line for badly needed aid handouts September 17, 2017 in Kutupalong, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. More than 400,000 Rohingya men, women, and children – a Muslim, ethnic minority – have...
View ArticleRepatriation Doomed to Fail? Arrangement Between Bangladesh and Myanmar...
Rohingya refugees carry wood in Balukhali camp on January 14, 2018 in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images) Two months ago, the governments of Myanmar and Bangladesh agreed to a...
View ArticleBeyond Reproach: Legal, Political, and Social Implications of the Recent...
Childbirth is a trepidatious experience for every expectant mother anywhere in the world. Imagine, then, being in a maternity ward that comes under a blaze of gunfire. On May 12, the maternity ward of...
View ArticleClimate Change as a National Security and Foreign Policy Priority:...
Addressing climate change is a central pillar of President-Elect Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” agenda. Signaling his commitment to the issue, Biden named former Secretary of State John Kerry to be...
View ArticleLiving with Two Pandemics: COVID-19 Amid Insecurity in Nigeria
Shock and outrage reverberated globally in 2014 when Boko Haram kidnapped almost 300 schoolgirls from Chibok, Nigeria. Such kidnappings have unfortunately persisted in recent years and, indeed,...
View ArticleTo Ease Iraq’s Displacement Crisis, Restorative Justice and Peacebuilding are...
A record 82.4 million people are displaced by conflict and violence around the world today, and facilitating their return to their places of origin is one of the most complex and urgent challenges...
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