Unless the international community is able to bring the Syrian National Council and the regime to a negotiating table, I don't see how this conflict gets resolved. I hope that this happens, because I don't know how many more videos such as the one below we can tolerate before we decide that, as a global community, we are unable to protect our most vulnerable, that we are powerless in the face of injustice and oppression.
December 22, 2011
...That could be the title of a new 3-part BBC podcast, "The Truth About NGOs". This documentary explores whether and how should NGOs be politically involved, as well as the consequences of having a large international NGO sector in a developing country. The first episode begins with a focus on Malawi, and how the LGBT rights movement has been buoyed by NGOs and their foreign donors.
December 15, 2011
Elmira Bayrasli gave "Levo her (expansive) list of women who are deeply ingrained in critical foreign policy issues, and how to follow their travails and their progress." Among the women in that list, you will find some (if not most) of my all-time favorite lady tweeters: @texasinafrica, @scarlettlion, @meowtree, @bonniekoenig, @saundra_s, @nancymbirdsall....
December 1, 2011
This post was originally published on UN Dispatch on November 30, 2011. Since the economic collapse of 2008 and the ensuing recession, increasingly more attention is being paid to corporate accountability. Recently, the Occupy movement has brought into sharp relief some of the discontent with poor corporate citizenship. If you pay close enough attention, there… [Read more…]
May 4, 2010
I just wrote a two-part series on the changing landscape of international food aid for UN Dispatch – you can read part one here and part two here. Only a few hours after I filed my posts on food aid, I found out that Owen Barder’s latest podcast for Development Drums was an hour-long interview… [Read more…]
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February 24, 2012
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