Tag Archives: Conflict

World Food Day 2018: The Connection Between Conflict

Blog, Op-EdBy Jordan Lesser-Roy October 16, 2018

For over 30 years, United Nations Member States have observed World Food Day on October 16 to address problems of hunger and poverty around the globe. Food insecurity, which affects more than 800 million people globally, is exacerbated in some of the world’s poorest regions by violence and conflict. This year, in keeping with the…

Many Problems with Forever War: Being Too Humane Is Not One of Them

Blog, Op-EdBy Shannon Green September 28, 2018

By: Shannon N. Green and Daniel R. Mahanty “What if the problem with the forever war is that it’s too humane?” That question was posed by Samuel Moyn, a professor of history and law at Yale University, at the outset of a recent lecture he gave at Duke School of Law. By opening his lecture in this way,…