Sometimes competing principles that drive US intervention polices
From Dadaab to Nairobi My handsome, soft-spoken, well-dressed companion for morning coffee at the Java House in downtown Nairobi this Saturday morning began his journey to this spot in 1992, fleeing the civil war in Somalia as a toddler with his parents. He grew up in one of the Dadaab refugee camps of Northeastern Kenya. This complex of UN refugee camps was…
I found myself crying again today. Not at the top of a mountain peak, but standing in the Great Hall of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, where vaulted ceilings soar over stained glass and murals and mosaics that for centuries have invited visitors to contemplate on the great themes of freedom, justice, and truth that inspire the art…
These reflections on democracy, human rights, and security in Morocco were written in the spring of 2009, preceding the events of the so-called Arab Spring across North Africa 2011. They provide a unique window into a world on the brink of change. A return trip in January 2014 finds much the same, but much different…
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