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How North Korea Gets Away With It

The Wall Street Journal | October 6, 2013 by Bruce Klinger and Jared Genser

Major Louis Renault was “shocked, shocked” to find gambling going on in “Casablanca,” and so it is with United Nations investigators examining abuses of human rights in North Korea. An official U.N. Commission of Inquiry last month proclaimed “shocking” testimony of the Pyongyang regime’s “widespread and serious violations” of its people’s human rights.

Overpopulation Is Still the Problem

Huffington Post | September 27, 2013 by Alon Tal

Overpopulation remains the leading driver of hunger, desertification, species depletion and a range of social maladies across the planet. Recently, a spate of op-ed essays have filled the pages of some of world’s top newspapers and blogs — from the Guardian to the New York Times — challenged this view, declaring that overpopulations is not, nor has ever been, a problem. To make progress in the most recent round of the age-old debate between technological optimists and Malthusian realists, it’s important to establish criteria and characterize consequences.

Reporting for Duty. Again.

Huffington Post | September 11, 2013 by Eric Greitens

Five million volunteers. Five million husbands, wives, sons, and daughters. Five million soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines who have fought for a dozen years. Next year, the last of these men and women will come home from Afghanistan. What comes next for this generation of veterans? What will their legacy be?

Our Response to Syria Must Be Effective, But Also Legal

Huffington Post | August 30, 2013 by Irwin Cotler and Jared Genser

Ottawa and Washington — The pictures and video of children, women, and men murdered or suffering from neuro-toxic symptoms from the attacks in eastern Damascus on August 21 has sparked outrage around the world. While Western powers have now concluded the use of chemical weapons is undeniable — and that they were deployed by Bashar al-Assad’s regime — the UN weapons inspectors are also expected to complete their assessment in the next few days.

Doing the right thing

The Jerusalem Post | July 17, 2013 by Arlene S. Kanter

Research has found that people with disabilities, including those with the most severe disabilities, do better in all areas of life when they live in homes rather than institutions.

Desmond Tutu’s plea: Stand up for Liu Xiaobo

Los Angeles Times | June 4, 2013 by Desmond M. Tutu and Jared Genser

When Obama meets Chinese President Xi, he must urge the release of his fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureate. If he won’t do that, who will?

The 2013 TIME 100

TIME | April 18, 2013 by Mike Mullen

Eric Greitens, one of the most remarkable young men I have ever encountered, founded and runs The Mission Continues, which supports veterans and their families.