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A Global Plan of Action Against Human Trafficking Ambassador Alyaksandr Sychov (Belarus) calls for a global plan of action against human trafficking and provides analysis to support it. By Ambassador Alyaksandr Sychov. (05/26/2009) Read More... 0 Comments |

IA-Forum Interview: Erik Voeten IA-Forum speaks with Erik Voeten, assistant professor of Geopolitics and Global Justice at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, about international courts and human rights. By Valentine Pasq... Read More... 1 Comments |

Light in Congo’s Darkness? A recent development has provided a rare ray of hope: the extraordinary mobilization of Congolese civil society in defense of the DRC’s nascent democratic institutions. By Aryeh Neier (Project Syndica... Read More...

The Economic Drivers of Human Trafficking: Micro-Evidence from Five Eastern European Countries A working paper regarding the economic drivers of human trafficking. By Toman Omar Mahmoud and Christoph Trebesch. (Kiel Institute for the World Economy, February 2009) Read More...

Eritrea: Slender Land, Giant Prison A nation once respected for its independence struggle is now disfigured by severe political repression. By Ben Rawlence. (Human Rights Watch, 05/06/2009) Read More...

Education is the Key to Empowering Afghan Women Political Counselor of the Embassy of Afghanistan M. Ashraf Haidari argues for increased efforts to educate the women of Afghanistan as a primary step in ensuring greater rights. By M. Ashaf Haidari... Read More... 1 Comments |

The Futility of Western Sanctions against Burma Burma-watchers across the entire spectrum of opinion increasingly now agree that in seeking to change that awful situation, there is little point in continuing a policy of economic containment, writes... Read More...

A Year After Nargis Despite the fact that a full year has passed since the disaster, relief from international agencies, originally blocked by the junta, remains sporadic, paltry and tragically late, writes Nava Thakuria... Read More...

IA-Forum Interview: Tyler Moselle IA-Forum speaks with the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy's Tyler Moselle about Cambodia and humanitarianism. By Cynthia Iris (04/26/2009) Read More... 0 Comments |

TIBET: A Case for Quiet Diplomacy The record of the Dalai Lama’s talks with Jawaharlal Nehru when they first met after he left Tibet yields conclusions that are still relevant. (Frontline, 04/24/2009) Read More...

Could Food Shortages Bring Down Civilization? Without massive and rapid intervention to address environmental degradation, food shortages and subsequent government collapses could threaten the world order, says Lester R. Brown. (Scientific Americ... Read More...

Development Assistance and Conflict in Sri Lanka Before committing any additional development assistance, donors must insist that the government has taken tangible steps towards democratic political transformation in both the north and the east. (Cr... Read More...

Blitzkrieg On Gaza Award-winning journalist, Gaza-born Mohammed Omer, uncovers the human stories behind the carnage in his homeland. (The Diplomat, March/April 2009) Read More...

IA-Forum Interview: Asoka Bandarage IA-Forum speaks with Georgetown University's Asoka Bandarage about the situation in Sri Lanka. By Ben Linden (04/10/2009) Read More... 0 Comments |

Human Rights as Ramrod Editorial critical of recent UN Human Rights Report contending that Greece has proved lacking in respect to minorities, specifically Turks and Macedonians. (RIEAS, 03/09/2009) Read More...

Nerves On Test No political solution is in sight to conflict in Sri Lanka even as the prolonged war spells misery to hapless citizens caught in the crossfire. By B. Murlidhar Reddy (Frontline, 04/11/2009) Read More...

IA-Forum Interview: Madhavi Sunder IA-Forum speaks with Prof. Madhavi Sunder about the future of women's rights in the Islamic world. By Trenton Truitt (03/30/2009) Read More... 0 Comments |

Women Struggle to Secure Land Rights Activists in Africa are fighting to introduce or strengthen laws intended to give women more secure access to land and are combating social norms and practices that stand in their way. By Mary Kimani ... Read More...

IA-Forum Interview: Professor Anthony Quainton IA-Forum discusses the drug cartel crisis in Mexico with former Ambassador Anthony Quainton. By Kathryn Thornborough. (03/06/09) Read More... 0 Comments |

Reflections on new violence in Northern Ireland Author comments on recent Protestant extremist riots in Northern Ireland. By Dr. Christos Kyrou. (3/17/2009) Read More... 2 Comments |

Australia pledges aid to Zimbabwe Australia says it will provide funding to Zimbabwe, the first Western country to announce aid to the government since the start of power-sharing last month. (BBC 03/11/2009) Read More...

Sudan aid purge puts thousands at risk Thousands of lives are in immediate danger after the Sudanese government continued a purge of international aid organisations after accusing them of colluding with the international criminal court, ai... Read More...

UN pleads with Sudan over aid ban The UN secretary general has urged Sudan to rethink its decision to expel aid groups from its Darfur region. (BBC 03/05/2009) Read More...

The Complicated Task of Educating Future Leaders A discussion of international relations eduation system and a call for Realism in the course of studies. By Alina Khasabova. (03/01/2009) Read More... 4 Comments |

Finding India's Missing Middle Most Indians not working in agriculture rely on the country’s large “traditional” or informal sector for their livelihood. This distorted labor market lacks Middle Class as a result. By Kevin Conway (... Read More...

The Savaging of Humanitarian Law 'Modern" war disgusts us in the tragic consequences it has for civilians. Compliance with international humanitarian law must be made the subject of depoliticized discussions at the United Nations, wr... Read More...

Our Forgotten Crisis A time of economic hardship is a time to get back to basics. And no human need or economic fulcrum is as basic as the right to eat. By Ban Ki Moon and Rodriguez Zapatero (International Herald Tribune,... Read More...

Special Report: Challenges for the Next U.S. President IA-Forum presents a diverse collection of commentaries reflecting on the George W. Bush Administration's handling of key international challenges, and what the authors hope to see from the Barack Obam... Read More...

Burma/Myanmar After Nargis The international community should build on the unprecedented cooperation between the Myanmar government and humanitarian agencies following cyclone Nargis and reverse longstanding, counterproductive ... Read More...

EU Latin Immigration Laws and Impact IA-Forum asks: Despite Europe and Latin America's deep connection through immigration, the European Union recently passed a strict set of laws that allows for the imprisonment of illegal aliens for up... Read More...

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