How Can We Actually Improve Human Rights in North Korea?
December 14, 2023 | Instead of increasing pressure and sanctions, the Biden administration is more likely to improve the daily lives of North Koreans by creating a state of peace.
Articles by Christine Ahn
When Biden Meets Xi
November 15, 2023 | Human rights need to be on the agenda when Biden meets Chinese president Xi — despite Biden's own woefully mixed record.
The Feminist Response to RIMPAC and the U.S. War Against China
June 28, 2022 | From Hawai’i to Okinawa, women leaders across the Asia and the Pacific offer an alternative to great power competition.
This Year’s Forest Fire Season Could Be Even Deadlier
May 20, 2020 | Countries are using the coronavirus crisis to lift environmental regulations, even as COVID-19 leaves populations more vulnerable to health impacts from fires.
How COVID-19 Could Impact the Climate Crisis
April 16, 2020 | Far-right governments are rolling back environmental regulations, while international climate talks stall amid the crisis. But climate activists see opportunity.
Iranians Are Not Our Enemies
July 1, 2019 | When foreign policy as we know it isn’t working, creative citizen diplomacy can step in to humanize the real people who would be most impacted by war.
While the Two Koreas Talk, Trump Is Throwing Shade
February 8, 2018 | The White House seems hell bent on hijacking an Olympic moment of inter-Korean unity.
Americans and South Koreans Want Peace. Will Trump Listen?
June 29, 2017 | Korea's new pro-engagement president may not have to be as deferential to Washington hardliners as his predecessors.
Diplomacy with North Korea: A Real Benchmark for President Trump’s 100 Days
April 26, 2017 | If Trump wants to make an early mark with North Korea, it should be with the only thing that's ever worked: diplomacy.
War Is Not An Option for Korea
March 18, 2017 | Attacking North Korea now would undermine the very reason U.S. troops have been stationed on the peninsula for seven decades: to protect the South Korean people.