International Political Will

On May 25, I will return to the United States after four years abroad. I am doing a countdown from 10 – starting at 10 and ending with 1 the last week of May when I depart India. And then that’s it – the end. I’ll ride off into the sunset where all the other [...]

When a country allows religious extremists to export their dangerous ideology of hate and intolerance – Nigerian airline bombers coming from Yemen, CIA-assassinating Jordanian double-agents in Afghanistan, or anti-American clerics in Pakistan – it’s a problem.
But the origin and strain of religion sometimes affects the response.

At a press conference last October in Kampala, President Museveni [...]

It’s noticeable as soon as you cross the border from Uganda.
A palpable anxiety, hanging in the air over the country: a sense of apprehension. Rwanda feels like it’s trying to enjoy a brief respite from violence, knowing that a similar future is inevitable. The genocide of 1994 may be in the past, but the causes [...]

A story about a women’s shelter in Afghanistan should be an opportunity to showcase what can really drive progress.  It could be a chance to commend those handling the day-to-day operations.  It might be an opening to demonstrate what role Islam plays in women’s lives who, although they have been victims of a brutal misogynist [...]

Racism and hate find devious ways to hide amongst logic and common sense. They wiggle their way deep into our subconscious and look for reasons to justify inhuman acts. They try to convince us that they are not a wolf with lamb’s blood dripping from its teeth, but a shepherd with wolf’s blood on [...]