February 12 – 15, 2019, the St Petersburg World Affairs Conference will be back! I’ll be speaking on the role of UN – watch here for more details and schedule.
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Africa
Go Togo RPCVs!
Togo – a tiny country in West Africa – doesn’t make it into Western news very often, but it’s getting some good press today thanks to fellow Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Jenny Schechter and Kevin Fiori. They are the recipients of the 2016...
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The Last Taboo? Take the Health Quiz
What’s this condition? 10 questions to test your health knowledge Every day approximately 300 million people worldwide are affected by this physical condition. It is estimated that approximately half the global population will be struck at some point in their...
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Ebola and My Dog’s Toenails
There’s a connection. I have been interested in Ebola for years – first in 2007 when an outbreak hit the Congo (DRC); shortly thereafter when there were cases in Uganda; then again when it re-appeared in DRC. The stories were undoubtedly fear-inspiring: a...
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