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Absence of Religion Is Not the Impetus behind China’s Human Rights Abuses

by Abigail Ulman • 31 July 2018

The human rights abuses perpetrated by the Chinese government against their ethnic Muslim Uyghur minority have been gaining significant media attention. With a population of fifteen million Uyghurs, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is located... Read More

The US Should Be Engaging the World, Not Running from It

by Matthew Bulger • 2 July 2018

The United States has, over the past century, been a leading voice on the international stage on a variety of issues. We helped establish the post-WWII international order, led advocacy for human rights, and have... Read More

Coming to Terms: World Health Organization Takes Positive Step with Transgender Reclassification

by Melody Stringer • 27 June 2018

Last week marked a step forward for the global trans community. On Monday, June 18, The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that “transgender” would no longer be classified as a mental health disorder in the... Read More

Islamic Radicalism Looms over December Election in Bangladesh

by Isabelle Oldfield • 18 April 2018

The South Asian country of Bangladesh, which sits to the east of India and the west of Myanmar, is one on the most densely populated countries in the world. Islamic extremism has been rising in... Read More

What Education Professionals Can Learn from Finland

by Amethyst Tagney • 25 January 2018

Sometimes it feels like we live in a standardized world, especially to our students. With standardized tests factoring so heavily in assessing whether or not a US student is doing well in school, it can... Read More

CPC Designations Omit Bangladesh, Egypt, and Russia, Are Weak on Pakistan

by Matthew Bulger • 24 January 2018

Every year the US State Department, as required by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, designates countries as “countries of particular concern (CPC)” over repressive policies relating to religious freedom. This year’s list includes... Read More

A Certain Uncertainty: Brookings Holds Discussion on Recent Iranian Protests

by Evan Burt • 10 January 2018

Amid two weeks of protest in Iran, the Brookings Institution’s Center for Middle East Policy hosted Iranian-Canadian journalist and filmmaker Maziar Bahari in a talk with Brookings Deputy Director for Foreign Policy Suzanne Maloney on... Read More

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