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U.S.-Mexico border ahead. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/wonderlane/3367611581">Wonderlane</a> (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC</a>)

NOV 27, 2018 Article

Kerch and San Ysidro

What do the events in the Kerch Straits and on the U.S.-Mexico border have in common? In a world that may be shrinking ...

NOV 26, 2018 Journal Online Exclusive

Kerch and San Ysidro

NOV 21, 2018 Journal Online Exclusive

The Truth is Not Always as It Seems, and What That Means for Reconciliation and Justice

In this blog post, Caroline Nguyen writes that the difficulty of defining and enforcing the right to truth explains why many scholars and practitioners are ...

NOV 8, 2018 Journal Online Exclusive

Truth, Justice, and Power: Why Victimization Continues After Conflict

The cases of South Korea, Spain, and the Gambia show how political institutions can marginalize survivors in the aftermath of conflict.

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NOV 5, 2018 Article

The Ethics of Personal Data Collection: A Spectrum of Experiences from Kenya, India, and The Gambia

Many advocates now depend on mobile apps and crowdsourced data to address violations of human rights, such as physical assaults on women in India. In ...

NOV 1, 2018 Article

Sanders' "Selective Engagement" versus Transactional Internationalism

As the Trump administration moves U.S. engagement to a form of "transactional internationalism," Senator Bernie Sanders has unveiled his vision of "selective engagement." Both ...

OCT 31, 2018 Journal Online Exclusive

Sanders' "Selective Engagement" versus Transactional Internationalism

Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders each offer a different alternative to the traditional "bipartisan consensus" in U.S. foreign policy.

OCT 30, 2018 Journal Online Exclusive

The Alternatives to War: From Sanctions to Nonviolence, with James Pattison

In this interview, James Pattison discusses his book, "The Alternatives to War." His goal is to offer policymakers a pragmatic moral map of the main ...

OCT 24, 2018 Journal Online Exclusive

The Importance of Memory: Unreliable, Precarious, and Crucial to Reconciliation

Several recent cases involving the Gambia, Japan and Korea, and Spain highlight the tenuous relationship between memory, history, and state-building.

Fatima AlRiami at work

OCT 17, 2018 Article

Unlocking the Potential of Young Working Women in the Middle East and North Africa

Through the story of Fatima AlRiami, a doctor in Yemen, Mariel Davis of Education for Employment not only illustrates some of the challenges that young ...