Women’s Empowerment and Atrocities Prevention
As review conferences are approaching, now is time to ask how leveraging linkages between the agendas might contribute toward enhancing capacity for conflict prevention.
From Citations to Clicks
There’s an impression that the world of the academic is independent of the pressures of competition and marketing. That impression is wrong and proving more so every day.
The Hong Kong Umbrella Movement: A Students’ or a People’s Movement?
Although the Umbrella Movement could be seen as a peoples movement in terms of broad participation, students have played the major role.
Generous Hearts and Stubborn Minds
The military might of Sudan regime would not prevail as long as the women of Nuba have the generosity to share their last gourd of beer with a stranger in distress.
Winds of Change to Winds of War
Just 25 years ago the world believed in the definitive victory of liberalism, freedom, democracy and peace. However, the post-Berlin Wall journey has not fulfilled that ideal.
Drones vs. Snowball Fights: The Contested Battlegrounds of Information Warfare
In Syria and Iraq now, the US and its allies are faced with a situation in which they are neither in control of the battlefield, nor of the war’s narratives.
Four Waves of Lebanese Feminism
The women’s rights movement is connected to the Lebanese social space and reflects its shifts, while receiving and selecting theories, models and practices from the West.
Professor on the Run
Some of the most important work that a professor can do to assure high quality of their work is to head outside and put one foot in front of the other on the road.
Does European Recognition of a Palestinian State Mean Anything?
As long as Israel believes it has no partner in the Palestinians, acts of recognition may serve as a moral signal to the world, buttressing the identity of the signaller.
Global Climate Change Policy: Will Paris Succeed Where Copenhagen Failed?
Far more needs to be done on a war footing if governments are to avoid arriving in Paris without a fair, ambitious and binding agreement, ready to finalise and sign.
