The Carbon Crunch
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg may be remembered as one of the few politicians to extend term limits in office, but pragmatism will be his ultimate legacy. If Mayor Bloomberg is the ideal pragmatist in politics then meet Dieter Helm, his counterpart in the climate change arena. Like Bloomberg who’s known to champion social […]
H&M: Fashion’s Human Rights Faux Pas
In the midst of a thick smog and blistering heat, they stand in huddled masses on overcrowded trucks. The young women, in groups of around 20 or 30, are on their way to a new day at work in the Kandal province, only a short trip from the heart of Phnom Penh. Noticeably in pain, […]
Women, India and Change
A country bound by culture, belief, religion and hope for a new tomorrow has recently become a symbol of misogyny. For several decades, women in Indian society have experienced a number of atrocities, some of which go unrecorded, while others are recorded but never publicly acknowledged. History narrates stories of early marriages, which sometimes involved […]
GOP Can No Longer Afford to Ignore Winning Ticket: Condoleezza Rice
The game is changing, and only one team is successfully adapting. Democrats won a 2012 presidential election in landslide fashion that, in the average Republican’s view, the GOP should not have lost. In the month before the election, the unemployment rate was hovering around 8 percent, federal spending was still high, and the economy had […]
On Violence In America
Virginia Tech. Tucson. Aurora. Newtown. Each name evokes frightful images. You knew where you were when you heard about Aurora, when you heard about Newtown. It is time that we, as Americans, sit down and talk about guns and the violence dilemma that we face. Something must be done. All solutions are on the […]
Drones, Deception, and Double-Tapping: the Obama Administration is Killing Innocents Abroad
For Waleed Shiraz, 22, life in northwest Pakistan was once uncomplicated. A former student of Political Science and foreign languages, Shiraz recalls days spent studying in the hujra, a traditional guest drawing room – he liked it there because it was “peaceful and quiet.” The oldest of three brothers, Shiraz hoped to pursue his Master’s […]
Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes and the Man Who Makes War Possible
Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes and the Man Who Makes War Possible provides the reader with a unique insight into the growth of the globalized arms trade in the context of the collapsing post-Cold War world order. A collaboration of investigative expertise from former West African bureau chief of the Washington Post, Douglas Farah, […]
Argo: The Intersection of Hollywood and American Perceptions of Iran
Argo, a film centered around the Iranian Hostage Crisis and inspired by a true story, premiered this past month. The plot focuses on the CIA’s attempt to exfiltrate six US Foreign Service workers who managed to sneak out of the American Embassy as Iranian students stormed the building and started President Carter’s worst nightmare. Although […]