The humanitarian crisis at the southern border exists not only in photographs published by mainstream media, but miles from my home in South Texas. As a daughter of immigrants, I have heard countless stories of migrants being turned away by a country they desperately seek to love. After seeing...
Humanitarian interventionism occurs when a country uses military force against another country to restore and safeguard the human rights of the people living there. In April 1991, for example, the United States and other Persian Gulf War Coalition nations invaded Iraq to defend Kurdish refugees fleein...
"Clinton Deploys Vowels to Bosnia; Cities of Sjlbvdnzv, Grzny to Be First Recipients" The article goes on to praise Bill Clinton for sending "the critically needed letters A, E, I, O, and U" to a country in the midst of a humanitarian crisis. In fact, the writers are bitterly mock...
The term foreign aid refers to any type of assistance that one country voluntarily transfers to another, which can take the form of a gift,grant, or loan. Most people tend to think of foreign aid ascapital, but it can also be food, supplies, and services such as humanitarian aid and mi...
Due to said control tactics, cases ofhuman rights abusesskyrocket under dictatorships. Citizens live in extreme poverty as the government withholds food and supplies. An example of this isMyanmar's 2008 cyclone crisis, where the government blocked humanitarian aid for people until they could hold ...
Some trade embargoes allow the exchange of certain goods, such as food and medicine, to meet humanitarian needs. In addition, most multinational embargoes contain clauses allowing some exports or imports according to a limited set of restrictions. ...
From data visualizations on global breathing patterns to fan reactions to the latest episode ofGame of Thronesto international diplomacy and humanitarian crises these 80 data visualizations are only a small glimpse into the different ways location data is being used around the world. ...
The important thing to remember about this retail period is that although families and students prioritize school expenses, they still seek a bargain due to inflation and the global economic crisis. The studies from the previous year showed that consumers took advantage of sales events whenever they...
A unilateral transfer is a type of payment or aid from one party to another that doesn't require anything in return. A government can make a unilateral transfer to its citizens, in the form of economic stimulus, or social security, or to another country in the form of humanitarian or mili...
through the two World Wars. While there have long been cultural, religious and political norms expressing who should and should not be targeted in war, there was no international ordinance describing the laws of war until theGeneva Conventions, which created the International Humanitarian Law (IHL)...