Author: Lidia Minich
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Sudan’s Forgotten War an Women’s Untold Cost
Sudan’s Invisible Humanitarian Crisis: Forced Displacement, Famine, and the Gendered Cost of Civil War Introduction This brief examines forced migration in sub-Saharan Africa through the lens of Sudan’s civil war. Since April 2023, Sudan has produced what the United Nations calls the world’s most devastating displacement crisis. Yet it remains unnoticed internationally. This analysis unfolds…
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Breaking Diplomatic Norms
Israel’s recognition of Somaliland at the end of 2025, Somalia’s territorial integrity, and decades of international consensus. This unilateral move reframes Somaliland’s three-decade independence as legitimate dissolution rather than illegal secession. The brief argues that state recognition is primarily driven by geopolitical interests, rather than objective legal criteria.
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Women of Afghanistan
Question: Why won’t the international community call the Taliban’s systematic oppression of women gender apartheid? Argument: The Taliban’s regime meets every condition of apartheid (systematic oppression, intent to dominate, state-enforced coercion) except it targets gender. This legal gap has become an alibi for global inaction. Conclusion: If Afghanistan’s erasure of women from public life isn’t…