by: Caroline Andridge Originally published in The Chicago Council on Global Affairs 2019 Next Generation Delegates blog on July 17, 2019. The 2019 Next Generation Delegation was comprised of 20 outstanding students from universities across the United States and around the world studying agriculture, food, and related disciplines. The Chicago Council on Global Affairs featured …
by: Juanita Esguerra-Rezk Originally published in Peace Direct’s Peace Policy on May 09, 2019 In 2014 when I was working for a humanitarian organization in Colombia, I found myself in Putumayo walking amidst a mined area surrounded by coca crops (the raw plant used to produce cocaine). Contrary to the image that is widely portrayed …
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by: Chista Keramati Before parting on that sweltering mid-July afternoon, you asked me and my colleague to promise not to forget the stories you had shared with us earlier that day, while we were taking shelter from a torrential monsoon rain under your neighbor’s mud porch. My colleague and I were but two graduate students …
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by: Shuyuan Shen On March 16, 2019, 50 people were killed and 50 others were wounded in the Christchurch mosque attack in New Zealand. Muslim immigrants again became the focal point in the discussion on Chinese social media. The prevailing commentary on Chinese social media blamed immigrants for the violence, despite the fact that they …
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by: Dorcas Omowole My father, elder brother, younger brother, and a long list of male colleagues and acquaintances are men who I love and do not doubt their love for me. They often decide to show me that love in ways that differ from my expectations. When I try to explain how best to express …
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by: Patrick Calderon When I was in McAllen, Texas, last summer to interview migrants and humanitarian workers for an immigration-related research project, news broke in major media outlets that US authorities were separating immigrant children from their parents at the southern border with Mexico. I was heartened by how Republicans and Democrats alike raised their …
How a fishing agreement might serve as a key for the South China Sea puzzle by: Ngoc Thang “They raided our boat. First, they took our fish, then the essential equipment. If they liked it, they took it. If they didn’t, they threw it away,” said Le Tan, a Vietnamese fisherman recalling his terrible experience …