ID Weekly View: Voices from the Saharawi Refugee Camps
October 6, 2016
Why it Matters For more than 40 years, Saharawi refugees have been exiled from their homeland in unforgiving desert refugee…
ID Weekly View: International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Deal to Curb Airline Emissions
October 4, 2016
Why it matters: Governments are currently meeting in Montreal to finalize an agreement to curb international aviation emissions from 2020….
ID Weekly View: Syrian Solutions to the Global Refugee Crisis
September 19, 2016
Why it Matters: Syrian Solutions to the Global Refugee Crisis On 19 September world leaders will adopt…
The Weekly View: Sri Lankan Parliament Approves New Office on Missing Persons
August 19, 2016
Why it Matters: Sri Lankan Parliament Approves Creation of Office on Missing Persons Last week, the Sri Lankan Parliament approved…
The Weekly View: Aleppo Under Siege
August 5, 2016
Why it Matters: Aleppo Under Siege 300,000 civilians are besieged in Aleppo, where they face airstrikes and starvation from Russian…
The Weekly View: Civil Society Groups Call for Justice in Western Sahara
July 26, 2016
Why it Matters: A Resumption of Negotiations on Western Sahara More than 50 civil society groups have urged the UN…
The Weekly View: In Memoriam: SADR President Mohamed Abdelaziz (1947-2016)
June 3, 2016
In Memoriam: SADR President Mohamed Abdelaziz (1947-2016) Independent Diplomat was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Mohamed Abdelaziz,…
The Weekly View: Somaliland Celebrates 25 Years of Independence
May 18, 2016
Why It Matters: Somaliland Celebrates 25 Years of Independence From the capital city of Hargeisa to the global diaspora, today…
The Weekly View: Aleppo is Burning
May 9, 2016
Why it Matters: Aleppo is Burning Over the past two weeks, the Assad regime and its allies have intensified airstrikes…
The Weekly View: Assad Regime Air Attacks Endanger Syria Ceasefire
April 14, 2016
Why it Matters: Assad Regime Air Attacks Endanger Syria Ceasefire Ahead of the Geneva peace talks, which resumed today, the…