Months on from the December 2020 elections, the situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) continues to deteriorate. The United States, however, has the perceived neutrality, resources and influence to mediate and make good on its promise that “diplomacy is back.”
The Hill: Five Reasons Why America Needs to Pay its Peacekeeping Bill
Over the last four years, a significant portion of U.S. financial obligations to the UN went unpaid. The American withholdings affected all parts of the UN system.
Thomson Reuters Foundation: What Nations Can Learn from Colombia’s Integration of Venezuelans
Colombia will now give temporary protective legal status to most of the 1.8 million forcibly displaced Venezuelans in the country.
Al Jazeera: Lebanon Needs an Aid Paradigm Shift
To avert a catastrophe in Lebanon, foreign donors need to change how they deliver aid to the country.
Newsweek: We Can Welcome Those Seeking Protection at the Border
This op-ed was originally published in Newsweek. In recent weeks, a number of commentators have questioned whether the Biden administration can rescue people and implement humane asylum policies at the U.S. border with Mexico without creating a crisis. Alejandro Mayorkas, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, pushed back on this narrative, calling the situation a…
The Hill: Climate Change Is Upending Central America—The U.S. Must Take Action
In Central America, the threat of climate displacement is becoming more urgent by the day.
Fair Observer: Myanmar: What Comes Next for Minority Groups?
Ethnic minority groups in Myanmar know all too well that the military is capable of—and willing to execute—mass atrocities.
Foreign Policy: The United States Should Give Fleeing Uighurs a Home
Washington has already taken steps to help Uighurs facing persecution, but it must do more.
Just Security: Five Steps the Biden Administration Needs to Take on the Crisis in Tigray
The unfolding crisis in northern Ethiopia bears all the hallmarks of a human rights and humanitarian catastrophe.
Foreign Policy: Outside Powers Are Making the Conflict in the Central African Republic Worse
Proxy wars pitting France and Chad against Russia and Rwanda threaten to destabilize the entire region while subjecting Central Africans to more violence and instability.