The New Context

The Student Journal of International Affairs at The New School

United Nations Summer Study

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IDPs: Invisible Citizens or blinded authorities?

UNSS, New York, July 2018 In support of the 20th anniversary of The Guiding principles on Internal Displacement, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has launched the campaign #InvisibleCitizens, to humanize and draw global attention […]

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An Exit Strategy for Palestine

As the Syrian refugee crisis unfolds, let’s to turn our attention to another group of refugees – the Palestinian refugees.   When asked how she would describe her life, Salwa Ahmed summarizes it in three words: “A refugee-camp life.” She […]

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Has the UN Global Compact succeeded? What if it is failing?

After an introduction to the United Nations Global Compact (UN GC) in 2013 at the UN school of Multilateral Diplomacy, I became a fan of the United Nations and was impressed by the idea of having a Corporate Social Responsibility […]