Denis Campbell, 01.04.2010
If you hold a passport from countries considered to be "state sponsors of terrorism" or "countries of interest," don't plan on making your connecting flight to your final destination inside the USA.
Alex Thurston, 01.04.2010
PhD student at Northwestern
As we head into a new year, here are ten of the most important stories to watch in Africa. This list is organized according to my own subjective sense of what's noteworthy.
Craig and Marc Kielburger, 01.01.2010
Co-founders, Free The Children
As food aid stamped with the World Food Programme's logo is shipped to Sudan, thousands of tons of wheat and rice are shipped out -- to Riyadh, Beijing and Seoul.
David Doniger, 12.23.2009
Policy Director, NRDC Climate Center
Too many observers, in my view, are judging the Copenhagen Accord by the wrong yardsticks.
Sam Black, 12.22.2009
Research Associate at the Stimson Center
I think we owe it to the Copenhagen participants to recognize that, for these two weeks, they made the debate over health care seem reasonable by comparison.
Ellen Snortland, 12.22.2009
Ellen Snortland is a writer, self-defense advocate, actor, lawyer, radio and TV personality.
Being an official Party in the COP15 meetings, I sat bewildered as all the agreements we were working on got sidelined by a document that a small group of 30 nations, led by the US president, inserted into the agenda.
Alex Pasternack, 12.20.2009
Journalist on China, environment, architecture, technology and culture
Giving exposure to representatives like Lumamba, the chairman of the G-77 group of developing countries, and reminding the developed world that it is causing damage to others, may be one of Copenhagen's greatest legacies.
John Prendergast, 12.21.2009
Co-Founder of the ENOUGH Project
Let there be no mistake, with unfree elections coming in April and a referendum on the independence of the South the following January, Sudan is at di...
John Prendergast, 12.17.2009
Co-Founder of the ENOUGH Project
This guest post was written by Maggie Fick, Enough's field researcher based in southern Sudan, and originally appeared as a field report on enoughproj...
Jeff Ballinger, 12.15.2009
Jeff Ballinger appeared as an expert commentator on global political economy issues on NBC, CBS, ABC ...
On the Media with Brooke Gladstone in the anchor chair is always a good deal more than a diversion while cleaning the garage or running weekend errand...
John Prendergast, 12.10.2009
Co-Founder of the ENOUGH Project
Wwith the added luster of the Nobel, peace activists hope that President Obama will wade more deeply into resolving the situation in both Sudan and Congo.
John Prendergast, 12.07.2009
Co-Founder of the ENOUGH Project
Today's vivid protests and arrests of senior SPLM politicians by Khartoum police clearly demonstrate that the U.S. should not be financing Sudan's ele...
Khadija Sharife, 12.08.2009
Visiting scholar, Center for Civil Society
After all is said and done, chucking a sitting head of state for war crimes into The Hague is akin to regime change. If we're going down that route, we might as well start with Switzerland.
John Prendergast, 12.03.2009
Co-Founder of the ENOUGH Project
Testifying before the House Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health today at a hearing to review the administration's new Sudan policy, I expressed t...
Layla Amjadi, 12.01.2009
STAND Student Director
This week, thousands of people are pledging to join the movement to prevent genocide. Improving how we prevent and respond to genocide begins when we join together to build a better future.
Jon Temin, 11.24.2009
Sudan team leader, U.S. Institute of Peace
Two seminal events are quickly approaching -- elections and a referendum on the unity of the country -- and the international community is concerned that they will lead to new violence.
John Prendergast, 11.20.2009
Co-Founder of the ENOUGH Project
Two nights ago I went to listen to William Ury, the famous Harvard negotiation specialist and co-author of Getting to Yes. At one point in the speech,...
Jerry Fowler, 11.18.2009
President of the Save Darfur Coalition
Less than a month after announcing a new strategy for Sudan, President Obama left China early this morning without any public reference to having it up Sudan with his hosts.
John Prendergast, 11.16.2009
Co-Founder of the ENOUGH Project
President Obama needs to publicly engage in the challenges threatening Sudan and Congo, and not doing so with key player China would be an opportunity missed.
Human Rights First, 11.16.2009
Non-profit, nonpartisan international human rights organization
By Julia Fromholz
Director, Crimes Against Humanity Program
President Obama has a full agenda for his current trip to China: climate change, energy, ...
Human Rights First, 11.13.2009
Non-profit, nonpartisan international human rights organization
By Ann-Louise Colgan
Perpetrators of atrocities in Darfur--like anywhere else--are dependent on at least indirect support from other countries. The g...