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“Why Hire a Lawyer When You Can Buy a Judge?”

By Kanya D'Almeida
A woman is stopped at a checkpoint; she gives birth, and dies. Another is sold in a slave market. A boy is killed by a tank. A young man drowns at sea, trying to reach a haven safe from oppression and poverty.

The U.N. at 70: Drugs and Crime are Challenges for Sustainable Development

By Yury Fedotov
With terrorism, migrant smuggling and trafficking in cultural property some of the world's most daunting challenges, "the magnitude of the problems we face is such that it is sometimes hard to imagine how any effort can be enough to confront them. But to quote Nelson Mandela, 'It always seems impossible until it is done'. We must keep working together, until it is done."

OPINION: A New European Foreign Policy in an Age of Anxiety

By Shada Islam
The appointment of Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini as the new European Union foreign policy chief offers the opportunity for an overhaul of EU foreign and security policy.


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