Victoria Fontan reports from Fallujah where the medical consequences of war and the US occupation of Iraq continue to express themselves through congenital malformations and high cancer rates, particularly among children.

The PCM catches up with Karim El Mantawi, Egyptian-Canadian researcher and media consultant. We discuss the current situation in Egypt in terms of increasing insecurity in North Sinai, the recent constitution crafted by the Muslim Brotherhood, the upcoming parliamentary elections, worsening economic conditions, and the shifting media landscape.

This paper discusses the risks caused by cross-border refugee migration. It underscores the hazard of regional destabilization through the militarization of refugee camps. It calls for the necessity to effectively prevent such threat, and proposes some preventive measures to mitigate such possibility.

This article compares neo-liberal economic globalization to the older and similar process of globalization in the era of European colonialism. The case studies of Chile under Pinochet, and Thailand and South Korea after the 1997 financial crisis are discussed to show that neo-liberalism, as an economic philisophy, has caused significant

In Iran, desertification is the backdrop to some of the most important social issues of the day. Sierra Ramirez analyzes its connection to new democracy movements, nomadic cultures, gender relations, and more.

August 1st marks the 69th anniversary of the Toyama air raid, one of the forgotten atrocities of the Second World War. In this article, Takuo Namisashi comments on the history and commemoration of the air raid on Toyama city.

Lawal Tsalha talks with Dr Victor Valle, Professor and Vice Rector of the University for Peace, about the future of the university and the meaning of peace.

Diplomacy is an important arena of International Relations, however it is not always well understood. This paper employs a feminist lens to develop a thoughtful response to the question: is diplomacy gendered? Firstly, I develop an understanding of diplomacy, which is then employed to a discussion of the evolution of

Majid Salih, formerly a field monitor for the world food programme in Iraq and currently a graduate student at the University for Peace, explains how his life, family, city, and country have been affected by terrorism and violence. Salih then addresses what he feels are the primary factors motivating terrorist

Jehun Alexander Hong discusses the continued escalation of the Syrian civil war in terms of internal, regional, and international power struggles, in the overlapping sectors of ethnic, religious, political, and economic rivalry. Emphasis is placed on the question of chemical weapons and the high number of child casualties, as well