In the News: Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Law
The anti-homosexuality bill in Uganda, which was signed by President Museveni on February 24, may have implications for aid, given that Uganda receives over $400 million annually in funding for […]
February 2014
In the News: Conflict in South Sudan
The Hekima Institute of Peace Studies and International Relations (HIPSIR), in its most recent newsletter, explores South Sudan’s conflict and whether Africa’s newest state can hold. Read more in […]
In the News: Reflections on Violence, Law, and Humanitarianism
Talal Asad, writing in Critical Inquiry, raises complicated questions about humanity, morality, Enlightenment, law and politics. He asks, in part, “What gives the modern project called ‘humanitarianism’ its moral […]
Tom’s and the Religious Ethics of Aid
by Cecelia Lynch
What are good ways to assist people in need, no matter where they are from? What needs are imagined or exaggerated when those who want to give have […]