Barbara Crossette

• April 30, 2018

In the world of fake news, the United Nations has been a prime target since it opened its doors in 1945. These days, spending just a few minutes on Facebook and Twitter, two sites located at the epicenter of the fake news epidemic, reveals claims — real and imagined — pushed by critics of …

Geopolitics, Journalists

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GEOPOLITICS

Judging the UN in Haiti: ‘We Let the Haitians Down’

Susan Manuel

• November 9, 2017

The population it serves can misunderstand a United Nations peacekeeping mandate. In the host country, with people’s lives, infrastructure and administrative systems often rendered dysfunctional by conflict, the population expects peacekeepers to restore order, build roads and other essentials, provide work, render justice and make life like it was before if not better. They …

Caribbean, Gender Violence, Geopolitics, Secretary-General, UN Peacekeeping

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As Women’s Rights Gain Broadly in Africa, the Global Picture Looks More Mixed

Lori Silberman Brauner

• March 15, 2016

Hailing from various corners of the world, five activists gathered in New York recently to assess the progress of women’s rights globally — presenting a mixed picture of gains in Africa but threats to women’s rights through new programs countering violent extremism — just as the world celebrated International Women’s Day. The five women, …

Africa, Gender Violence, Human Rights, Latin America, Women

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BOOKS

What We’re Reading This Summer

PassBlue

• July 11, 2015

Enjoying your summer but still looking for something good to read? There are lots of reading choices, of course, starting with all those backed up New Yorker magazines, McKinsey reports and NPR’s Summer Romance List. Or you can get a peek at what some of PassBlue’s editors and correspondents — Barbara Crossette, Irwin Arieff, Laura …

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As US Warms Up to Burma, Burmese Respond in Kind

Dulcie Leimbach

• May 24, 2013

Burma’s major moves toward liberalization and release from the vise of its military grip signal huge strides toward democracy, yet nothing in this long-isolated, mineral-endowed country is assured. Even as the nation branches out from its dependence on China and advances cordial relations with the United States — including a visit by President Thein …