A child in prison surely sounds like a superfluous statement, for unquestionably children do not belong in prison. The word prison is often synonymous with adult, yet sadly around the globe there are some 1 million children languishing in prisons, and most of these are not some special child prison or version of juvenile detention, […]
One of the things I taught my international relations students was the importance of regimes. There are critically important international environmental regimes such as the Montreal Protocol, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the Kyoto Protocol, among many others. I also really tried to emphasize to my students the importance of the post […]
Zeinab Taleb-Jedi, a member of an Iranian rebel group called the Mujahedin-e Khalq, or Peoples’ Mohajedin Organization of Iran (MEK), faces charges in federal court for providing material support to a terrorist organization under 18 U.S.C. 2339. Taleb-Jedi argues that the United States is cooperating with MEK in Iraq, and so it is inconsistent for […]
During Barack Obama's visit to Europe, several European media outlets took issue with the coverage of his trip by the U.S. media. But while American pundits were debating whether the U.S. media were too biased in favor of Obama, a number of European journalists found their American counterparts excessively cool toward him. "Obamania? Not in […]
Yesterday NBC Nightly News broadcast an interview with Iranian President Ahmadinejad. If you saw the interview, what did you think of it? As you watch the interview, consider the following: Does he answer the questions posed by Brian Williams? Does he acknowledge the deadline given to Iran? Does he suggest any flexibility about the possibility […]
Marco Vicenzio, Director of the Global Strategy Project in Washington, DC and Fellow of the Foreign Policy Association recently published an article titled "Diplomacy in word and deed' in the July 28 edition of the Boston Globe. He points out that the major objective of Obama's trip to Europe was to emphasize his ability to […]
Intermediaries play a vital role in assembling information and bringing forward victims to help prosecute war crimes suspects in the Hague. Lawyers representing victim of war crimes rely on intermediaries on the ground to facilitate outreach and provide a vital information link. While the International Criminal Court (ICC) offers protection services to both prosecution and […]
The past few days have seen terrible acts of violence (terrorism) in Iraq, Turkey, and India , and threats in China. On Saturday, according to news reports, 17 explosions went off one after another in Ahmedabad, India , with two further blasts at hospitals. 49 people were killed. The attacks were probably "attempts to provoke […]
Anyone can look sympathetically upon a photo of someone crying inside their burnt out house, and feel the pain and grief that one would have, but imagine when it is compounded by a whole village. Now add death and rape into the mix, and the images are even more haunting, the images are the reality […]
There may be a good day in Darfur. And the ICC's indictment of Sudanese Presidnet Omar Hassan al-Bashir may have a lot to do with it, the New York Times reports. While al-Bashir's government, and even the domestic political opposition, is rallying around him in defiance of the ICC indictment, the Times suggests that previously […]
Where do you get your international news? What are your trusted sources for finding out what the U.S. is doing on the world? The MountainRunner blog (devoted to public diplomacy and strategic communication) recently examined a new study about the amount of international news coverage in the mainstream American media. The study found that the […]
While much of the European media is consumed with insatiable "Obamamania,' Christoph von Marschall, bureau chief of Berlin's daily Der Tagesspiegel, describes how the foreign media has been almost completely denied access to the candidate. He writes: "As a German correspondent in Washington, I am accustomed to the fact that American politicians spare little of […]
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