Category: Society & Culture
112 Articles
- Society & Culture
Climate Change and International Migration: The Role of Foreign Aid
Migration has increased dramatically over recent decades. This includes documented and undocumented movements of people within and across borders, as well as refugee flows.…
February 24, 2021
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Indigenous Peoples and Climate Justice in the Arctic
Introduction The Arctic is warming considerably faster than the rest of the world and will witness the most climate change globally this century. Approximately ten percent of the…
February 23, 2021
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Clandestine No More: Legal, Safe, and Free Abortion in Argentina
For nearly a century, abortion in Argentina was defined as a crime except under very limited circumstances. This was expected to change in December 2020. After two lengthy…
February 16, 2021
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Identifying and Addressing the Impacts of COVID-19 on LGBTQ+ Migrants in South Africa: A Preliminary Look
The novel coronavirus, commonly referred to as COVID-19, has had devastating social and economic impacts around the world. While high-income countries have seen cases skyrocket…
February 1, 2021
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Resilient Supply Chain Initiative: A Political Driver to Revive Asian Regional Growth
The most notable regional response to the repositioning of supply chains due to COVID-19 has been the announcement of the Resilient Supply Chain Initiative (RSCI). Economic…
January 30, 2021
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From the Bottom Up: A Different Context for the Colombian Drug Trade
On July 20, 2018, more than three decades since my first election in 1986, I returned to the Colombian senate under very different circumstances. The most important difference…
January 20, 2021
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Compelled Silence and Compelled Sound in the Uyghur Genocide
Introduction One afternoon in June 2018, I found myself browsing in an antique shop in Östengboyi (The Stream’s Edge), a neighborhood running alongside the Id Kah mosque of…
December 15, 2020
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WeChat’s Potential for Social Activism and Civic Action in the Chinese Diaspora
This year, two Chinese social media platforms have become pawns in the ongoing technological and trade war between the United States and China. One is TikTok, a video-sharing…
December 10, 2020
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The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Effects on United Nations Peacekeeping
COVID-19 has taken over one million lives, will likely cost the global economy trillions of dollars, and has created uncertainty and chaos. As a result, more is being asked of…
December 9, 2020
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High Expectations: Chile’s Path Toward a New Constitution
Nothing is Perfect—Appearances Can Be Deceiving It often happens that a country’s reality, when viewed from abroad, looks very different from the way its own citizens…
November 26, 2020