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Dec 31, 2018

This holiday season we asked friends of the show to share some positive developments from 2018 that didn’t get enough attention.

Dr. Courtney Radsch is the advocacy director at the Committee to Protect Journalists and says the global news media is learning how to demonstrate its importance directly to news consumers.

Dec 28, 2018

This holiday season we asked friends of the show to share some positive developments from 2018 that didn’t get enough attention.

Daryl Kimball is the executive director of the Arms Control Center and says the global public is beginning to pay closer attention to ties between major tech firms and the military.

Dec 27, 2018

This holiday season we asked friends of the show to share some positive developments from 2018 that didn’t get enough attention.

Geoff Thale at the Washington Office on Latin America says long-overdue justice could finally be served for a brutal massacre in El Salvador in the 1980’s.

Dec 26, 2018

This holiday season we asked friends of the show to share some positive developments from 2018 that didn’t get enough attention.

Daphne Eviatar is the Director of Security with Human Rights at Amnesty International USA and highlights a rare admission by the U.S. military.

Dec 25, 2018

This holiday season we asked friends of the show to share some positive developments from 2018 that didn’t get enough attention.

Richard Gowan is a senior fellow at the U.N. University and says the U.N. Compact on Migration deserves more praise.

Dec 24, 2018

This holiday season we asked friends of the show to share some positive developments from 2018 that didn’t get enough attention.

Sarah Repucci is the senior director for research and analysis at Freedom House and says Ethiopia and Angola have emerged as  new bright spots for freedom and rule of law on African continent.

Dec 21, 2018

Once again, a new U.S. asylum rule forcing migrants to 'remain in Mexico' during screening appears to violate international refugee law.

Dec 20, 2018

Contrary to Trump's assertion, Vladimir Putin vocally cheered on the US retreat from Syria, saying the US never had permission to there in the first place.

Dec 19, 2018

Handing Syria over to Turkey and President Assad could create the same opening for terrorists that the U.S. originally went there to clean up.

Dec 19, 2018

Will the Hungarian government's increase embrace of force to counter demonstrators finally prompt the E.U. to punish Viktor Orbán?

Dec 17, 2018

The allure of cutting-edge gene editing surgery is strong, but dangers loom. Can the WHO set ethical standards before it's too late?

Dec 14, 2018

A new generation of nuclear reactors incorporates "passive" safety features designed to operate in power outages or other emergencies.

Dec 13, 2018

America's new Africa policy aims to counter growing Russian and Chinese influence without spending the money to do so.

Dec 12, 2018

A new study puts the combat death toll of the Saudi-led war in Yemen at 60,000, and that's a conservative estimate.

Dec 12, 2018

The US boycotted the non-binding UN deal over purported concerns it would threaten America's sovereign right to set domestic immigration policy.

Dec 10, 2018

French President Emmanuel Macron is betting that an apology for misdiagnosing the country's ills and the unveiling of wage and tax tweaks will calm mass protests.

Dec 7, 2018

1.3 million people will die on the roads worldwide this year, and that number keeps increasing.

Dec 6, 2018

France's "yellow vest" protest movement defies easy partisan categorization. Don't expect it to disappear overnight.

Dec 5, 2018

Qatar's natural gas focus made it a less useful OPEC, but the country's departure from the cartel still carries symbolic importance.

Dec 5, 2018

Renewable energy investment in the developing world now surpasses that in rich economies. Luiza Demoro of Bloomberg New Energy Finance explains how that came to pass.

Dec 3, 2018

A weekend dinner between the leaders of the U.S. and China has averted the imposition of new sanctions, but it's hardly a long-term fix.

Nov 30, 2018

Climate change is fueling an increase in 'chronic hunger' worldwide, setting back decades of progress in improving food security.

Nov 30, 2018

What would an end to US support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen mean for the Arab world's bloodiest proxy battle?

Nov 28, 2018

Europe sets an ambitious goal of decarbonizing by 2050. Can the US follow suit?

Nov 27, 2018

Two days after Russia attacked Ukraine near Crimea, Europe and the U.S. are failing to arrive at a unified response.

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