Bulgaria Emerges as Champion in Women Legal Rights Affecting Work
Bulgaria, an EU member-state with a population of 7.1
million, is among the highest performing economies in women's legal rights
affecting work, according to a new...
Searching for the perfect grad school
I was fresh
off the boat a graduate from Thammasat University in Thailand. I was young,
energetic and enthusiastic and at that point, I wanted nothing...
Travel and tourism industry takes aim at plastic pollution but more action needed
With some of the world’s most beautiful beaches paying a heavy price for
our plastic addiction, the travel and tourism industry is taking action to...
Consular Protection
The world
is rightly outraged at how Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was
killed, but I was also horrified by where.
As the U.S. Consul General in...
Meet six environmentalists who are changing the world
The application portal for the Young Champions of the Earth prize, is open. We present you with the story
of six environmentalists who are already...
Soft power as an important structural component of a foreign policy strategy of a state
The
architect of the ‘soft power’ concept Joseph Nye focuses on ‘the ability to
achieve the desired through voluntary cooperation, not by coercion or tricks’.
The name...
Ukraine: Religious Organizations Increasingly Violate Journalist Rights
In early January 2019, an event remarkable for the Ukrainian faithful
happened – the Ukrainian Orthodox Church was granted independence. Before that,
there were three largest...
Mali: Bamako Needs Urgent Actions to Become an Engine of Growth and Service Delivery
Bamako, Mali’s capital city, has an opportunity to promote growth and improve service delivery, however this window of opportunity is narrow, a new World...
RASAI: The car-sharing tool seeking to breathe life into Pakistan’s congested cities
When Hassam Ud-din started studying in Islamabad in Pakistan, he had a three-hour round-trip commute from his home in Rawalpindi. He hated sitting in...
Serious Drawbacks in Ukraine’s Adopted ‘Church’ Bill
On January 17, Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada (parliament) passed the bill No. 4128 on new amendments regarding the subordination (denomination) of religious organizations and the...