International

The World Needs a Global Protocol for Climate Refugees

By Cambre Codington — Climate refugees remain virtually invisible in the international community, with no recognition or legal definition for those displaced by natural causes. These refugees will continue to suffer without formal recognition under international law.

International, Politics

N.B.A. — No Bad-Mouthing Allowed

By Lennet Penate — Amid growing opposition to China’s repressive policies, the NBA is attempting to balance their players’ and associations’ voices with millions of fans while playing nice with the CCP and profiting from China’s lucrative market.

International, National Security

Taiwan in the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act

By I-Lin Lin — Taiwan has demonstrated its value as a strategic ally to democracies around the world. Amid China’s intensified aggression, the 2022 defense authorization bill highlights America’s commitment to Taiwan’s self-defense.

Education, International, Science & Technology

Peru’s Digital Divide in Public Education Calls for Urgent Measures

By Andres Blume — COVID-19 has underscored that Peruvian students and educators need digital literacy and media to exercise their rights fully. Closing the digital divide in infrastructure and pedagogy must be a top priority for Peru’s education agenda.

Education, International, Gender

Evaluating Case Studies: Girls Education Stabilizes Population Growth in Developing Countries

By Parnian Abunasr-Shiraz — Evidence from Nigeria’s education program and Ethiopia’s education reform reveals that more educated women have fewer children and marry later, lowering total fertility rates and decreasing long-term population growth.

Education, Gender, International

Investing in Girls’ Education: A Transformative Development Strategy

By Parnian Abunasr-Shiraz — Girls’ access to education needs to become a strategic development priority in low- and middle-income countries. Investments in girls’ education spur economic growth and ensure women have the autonomy to make their own financial and reproductive decisions, have fewer and healthier children, participate in the labor market and live more prosperous lives.

Child and Family Policy, Health, International

U.S. Cuts to Foreign Aid Exacerbate Yemen’s Humanitarian Crisis

By Parnian Abunasr-Shiraz — The cutting of U.S. foreign aid to Yemen, a country already experiencing the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, further aggravates the food insecurity that has left millions of Yemenis on the brink of starvation.

Immigration, International

Addressing Northern Triangle Migration Through U.S. Foreign Aid

by Parnian Abunasr-Shiraz, MPP ’22 An unprecedented number of migrants arriving in caravans from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador—referred to as the “Northern Triangle”—led the Trump Administration to act on its policy pledge to reduce illegal immigration by cutting foreign aid to the three countries in 2019. But cutting foreign aid to these Northern Triangle […]