War and Peace (Through Trade): Is There a Role for the WTO in Bringing Peace to Ukraine?
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has called into question the responsiveness and effectiveness of many international organizations, particularly those dealing with economic matters. When the war broke out, the West made it clear they were unwilling to commit military forces to Ukraine. Instead, in addition to providing weapons, the decision was made to respond through economic [...]
What is Happening in Sri Lanka? The dynasty has fallen. After protesters stormed the presidential palace and the private residences of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapakse and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, the former announced his resignation while the latter offered to follow suit. For some, the anger burgeoned as Sri Lanka‘s economy spiraled into a [...]
“The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.” — Dante Alighieri The world came together almost as one on February 24, 2022, when the Russian Federation invaded Ukraine. This was a unique moment where the world order, based on the rule of law, rallied around [...]
The US House of Representatives Thursday passed the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022, which will streamline the process for the government to lend and lease military equipment to Ukraine. The bill revived a 1941 World War II-era program enacted by President Franklin Roosevelt, which was used to supply food, oil and materials to [...]
UN chiefs report Yemen faces nearly 'catastrophic' hunger crisis
UN agency chiefs Monday said that war-torn Yemen’s hunger crisis is “teetering on the edge of outright catastrophe” with more than 17.4 million Yemenis facing food insecurity and an additional 1.6 million expected to fall into emergency levels of hunger. The number of people experiencing “catastrophic” levels of hunger is projected to increase five times [...]
UNICEF reports 47 children killed or maimed in Yemen in 2022
UNICEF Representative to Yemen Philippe Duamelle stated Saturday that 47 children in war-torn Yemen have been killed or maimed in just the first two months of 2022. UNICEF has verified that more than 10,200 children have been killed or injured in Yemen over the past seven years. The actual number is likely to be much [...]
Beat the Drum for War: Vladimir Putin Through a Middle Eastern and Arab Looking Glass
The Russian-Ukrainian crisis started to deteriorate in early 2021 when Ukraine arrested pro-Russian politician Viktor Medvedchuk on allegations of conspiring a coup d’etat, and Russia initiated military exercises near the Ukrainian border. Russia is the second-largest oil producer, trailing only the United States, and the third-leading oil exporter, behind Saudi Arabia and the United Arab [...]
Afghanistan dispatch: 'an Afghan family has sold four of their daughters for 42,000 Afghanis'
Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul reports on how surging poverty and hunger is forcing destitute families to sell their own children. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our Correspondent’s name. The [...]
After days of armed attacks, World Food Program scraps North Darfur operations
In the aftermath of a large-scale looting attacks, and amid deteriorating economic conditions in the region, the World Food Program (WFP) announced that it has suspended operations in El Fasher, the capital city of the Sudanese State of North Darfur. The shuttering is expected to affect some two million people in the area. All of [...]
Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul comments on the lack of any real Taliban economic policy and the grim consequences this will have for hunger and poverty in the country in the absence of [...]
