Who are the Rohingya?

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Alex Colley Hart

This week, President Obama set off for a much-anticipated trip to East Asia where he will engage regional leaders in four major meetings: the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation in China (APEC),… Read more…

What You Need To Know: Week of 11/3

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Sam Reichman

Everything you need to know from the week ending with 11/3 Burma In Mandalay, Burma’s second largest city, thousands marched in support of a controversial so-called interfaith bill that puts… Read more…

The Debate on Conflict Minerals

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Sam Reichman

STAND students present two opposing views on conflict minerals and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Please note that each author’s views are their own, and do… Read more…

What You Need To Know: Week of 10/24

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Sam Reichman

Burma The Burmese Army has agreed to withdraw troops from part of Burma’s northern Shan State in which sporadic fighting has reportedly left seven people dead and hundreds displaced. Despite… Read more…

What You Need To Know: Week of 10/18

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Sam Reichman

Syria The Islamic State (IS), also known as ISIS or ISIL, has reportedly been halted and forced to retreat in their attack on Kobane, the strategically important town on the… Read more…

STAND Statement on US Airstrikes in Syria & Iraq

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Natasha Kieval

As the student-led mission to prevent mass-atrocities, we are writing in collaboration with members of the international community to express our deep concern about United States-led airstrikes in Syria and… Read more…

World Food Day

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Sam Reichman

Today marks the 35th anniversary of World Food Day. World Food Day commemorates the establishing of the Food and Agricultural Administration of the United Nations. Every year, North American activists… Read more…

What You Need To Know: Week of 10/10

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Sam Reichman

Syria ISIS, also known as the Islamic State, has this week seized up to one third of the strategically important Syrian border town of Kobani. Reuters reports that although the… Read more…

What You Need To Know: Week of 10/3

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Sam Reichman

Syria Turkish Members of Parliament this morning voted to take action against the Islamic State (ISIS) as the Islamist terror organization progresses towards the Kurdish town of Kobani, which rests… Read more…

What You Need To Know: Week of 9/28

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Sam Reichman

Burma Negotiators from the Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT) met with representatives of the the Myanmar government’s Union Peacemaking Work Committee (UPWC) for the sixth round of talks to discuss… Read more…