The Syrian refugee crisis is reaching historic highs. According to the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, there are currently 3,102,334 refugees registered in surrounding countries and North Africa, with an… Read more…
This article was written by STAND’s Programs Intern Michael Mansheim, a senior at American University studying International Relations. In the western deserts of Algeria live about 90,000 refugees from the… Read more…
Burma Last weekend, the Myanmar opposition group the National League for Democracy (NLD) ended its party congress with Aung San Suu Kyi remaining its leader. The NLD has been struggling in… Read more…
By Amanda Jowell, Durham Academy STAND While my classmates and I are generally preoccupied with receiving carnations and chocolates from our friends and loved ones on Valentine’s Day, this year… Read more…
By Yassamin Ansari Yassamin Ansari is an International Relations major at Stanford University. She spent the fall of 2012 studying Arabic in Amman, Jordan, where she also reported as an… Read more…
