Oct 3, 2023 | Featured, Politics & Society
Photo by Filip Andrejevic on Unsplash Ksenia Babich A year ago today (21 September), the Russian authorities announced the start of “partial mobilisation” – calling up reserve soldiers to fight in the war against Ukraine. Not everyone liable for military...
Aug 16, 2017 | Politics & Society
After more than two years of civil war, famine, and cholera outbreaks, Yemen is facing what observers are calling the worst humanitarian crisis in history. How did it get to this? And what can be done? Maria Armoudian is joined by Charles Schmitz and Hamoud Salhi to...
Jun 15, 2017 | Politics & Society
Why do genocides occur, and can they be prevented? Ben Kiernan, Alex Hinton, and Simon Baron-Cohen join Maria Armoudian in this panel discussion. Ben Kiernan is Whitney Griswold Professor of History and Director of the Genocide Studies Program at Yale University. He...
Jun 7, 2017 | Politics & Society
South Sudan is in crisis, with tens of millions of people at risk of starvation according to the World Food Program. The conflict there has taken thousands of lives and forced millions to flee their homes. What is the scope of the problem? What can be done to help...