Issues and Analysis

ON THE MEDIA: The Fearful World of Network News in 2015

Jan 29, 2016

ipsnews.net, by Jim Lobe, 9 min read, original Andrew Tyndall - If your view of world events outside the U.S. was shaped in substantial part by...

AFGHANISTAN; DEVELOPMENT: UN reduces Afghanistan appeal but urges other donors to do more

Jan 29, 2016

As hunger and malnutrition threaten millions of Afghans, UN in Kabul says US aid to the country is ‘small change’ compared with its military...

ON THE MEDIA: Herzog and Oppenheimer draw lines regarding documentary filmmaking

Jan 28, 2016

parkrecord.com, Scott Iwasaki, Jan. 26, 2016, original Filmmakers Werner Herzog, left, and Joshua Oppenheimer talked about their craft as...

HAITI: Haiti Since the Earthquake

Jan 27, 2016

newyorker.com, by Jon Lee Anderson, Feb. 1, 2016, original Before Michel Martelly was the President, he was Sweet Micky, a popular singer....

ON THE MEDIA: Syrian activists promote filmmaking, reading to ease daily suffering

Jan 25, 2016

al-monitor.com - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East Author: As-Safir (Lebanon) Posted January 18, 2016, original Despite the cruelty of the...

ON DEVELOPMENT: Getting Rid of Helping that Hurts

Jan 11, 2016

By Catherine Parrill, Founder, Creative Exchanges Initiative, Jan 9, 2016 Twenty-five years ago I went to Haiti to work in a school. It was a short...

ON AFGHANISTAN: India’s role in bringing peace to Afghanistan

Dec 28, 2015

theguardian.com, Observer editorial, Dec. 27, 2015, original Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani after the...

ON DEVELOPMENT: The Negative Effects on Haiti of Too Much Foreign Aid

Dec 24, 2015

dailysignal.com, Commentary: James M. Roberts, Dec. 18, 2015, original In Haiti, the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, the wheels of...

HAITI: Will Washington Greenlight Another Coup in Haiti?

Dec 10, 2015

fpif.org, Dec. 8, 2015, original (Photo: Haiti Innovation / Flickr) In October, Haitians went to the polls in a critical election for nearly 5,000...

AFGHANISTAN: Women Suffer Psychological Problems After Living Under Taliban

Nov 30, 2015

ipsnews.net, by Ashfaq Yusufzai, original Women being examined by female doctors in free medical camp held in North Waziristan, one of the seven...

HAITI, DEVELOPMENT: Ignoring the plight of the poor in Haiti

Nov 20, 2015

bostonglobe.com, Commentary by Louise C. Ivers, Nov. 19, 2015, original Haitian human rights activists and victims of cholera rallied last month in...