Category: Articles
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When Should the ICC Call It Quits?
The close of 2014 continued to bring bleak news for civilians in Darfur. As fighting in Sudan’s beleaguered western region increased, the UN looked to reduce its peacekeeping presence there.…
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Negotiating the Next War
Allowing rebels to leverage a cease-fire into political power will only lead to more death in the Central African Republic — as it has in South Sudan and…
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Justice for MH17
The world wants to hold someone accountable for the 298 people killed. But determining whom to go after — and how to hold them responsible — won’t be…
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Foxes Guarding a Hen House
A new U.N. report reveals that peacekeepers sent to the Central African Republic took sides in the conflict Imagine that at the start of last year a group…
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Samantha Power in Practice
Samantha Power, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is the rare political figure whose fame does not depend on the office she holds. A Problem From Hell, her…
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Seize this crisis to push South Sudan reform
January 9, 2014 Three years ago this week, outside a makeshift polling station in Bentiu, South Sudan, I interviewed Riek Machar, vice president of the then semi-autonomous region.…
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The ICC and Africa
The ICC’s docket points to a serious problem – but not the one that African leaders are complaining about. This weekend, officials from 34 African nations are convening in…
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The Kiobel case
For more than three decades survivors of human rights abuses in foreign countries have turned to U.S. federal courts to seek justice. On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court…
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The wonks who sold Washington on South Sudan
(July 11, 2012) – In the mid-1980s, a small band of policy wonks began convening for lunch in the back corner of a dimly lit Italian bistro in…
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Last Words
Until I hit play on an old-school Walkman last month, I had forgotten that it was possible for my full name to be said with so much love.…





