Local Voices

Vaccinations remain in single digits, even as multiple types of violence spread. Yet international aid stands at 20 percent of the need.

The Biden administration can still support a successful move to a credible civil society-brokered transitional government in several ways.

Afghan women entrepreneurs continue to launch businesses even in the face of dire security and economic conditions.

The brazen assassination of serving President Moïse reinforces the need for the US to back Haitians in crafting their own future.

Education, particularly girls’ education, is the lever that will raise Afghanistan above extremism and into a peaceful and prosperous future.

The international military forces withdrawing from Afghanistan leave behind a legacy of impunity that threatens to undermine hopes for peace and justice in Afghanistan for years…

Educational reforms in Myanmar were derailed first by COVID, then by the coup. A local teacher explains the consequences, and how the international community can support education…

The coup seemed to dash Rohingya refugee hopes of return to Myanmar. But some feel cautious hope at newfound cross-ethnic solidarity.

The atrocities committed by Tatmadaw soldiers have changed not only Myanmar’s political landscape but fundamentally transformed its political psyche.

"As long as international humanitarian law is unable to acknowledge the structural injustice of the situation—the asymmetry, the horror—discussions of these cases in the technical…

Who's responsible for the deaths of those civilians in Gaza who were near areas where Hamas operates?

The regional bloc has long adopted a non-interventionist stance in the name of regional stability. But the Myanmar coup shows how this stance actually undermines stability - and…