Welcome to Around the World! This week we feature a discussion on the future of Syria after three years of violence, a look into human trafficking in Nepal, and more.
 | Interview: Belinda Bow, International Ambassador for 3 Angels Nepal Each year, more than 20,000 girls in Nepal become victims of human trafficking. 3 Angels Nepal rescues on average 12 girls every day. Diplomatic Courier sat down with Belinda Bow, international ambassador for 3 Angels, to find out more. Read more about it here! |
 | Lack of Women at Davos Reflects the Gender Gap in Global Leadership As world leaders met on a global stage for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in January, it was not hard to notice that something was missing. Read about it here. |
 | Reflections on Diplomatic Women "We have more work to do, but we can and should celebrate the progress our gender has made so far," writes Vicki Treadell, British High Commissioner to New Zealand. Read the interview here. |
 | After 3 years, the war in Syria shows no sign of slowing down. The rise of radical Sunni groups and the decline of the secular opposition will only intensify the religious dynamic of the conflict, and the tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Read more about it here. |
 | Syria Leads World in Forcibly Displaced After Three Years of Conflict It has been 3 years since the Syrian Day of Rage protests staged on March 15, 2011 sparked what has evolved into a deadly civil war. According to UNHCR, more than 2.5 million Syrians have fled into neighboring countries, and the death toll is over 140,000. Read more about it here. |
 | Clinton’s Ghosts: President Obama and Syria The international community is finally open to changing course in Syria, and Clinton’s ghosts need to be part of the debate. Read more about it here. |
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In one of the most important astronomy and physics discoveries of our time, a window into the Big Bang and the birth of the universe has been discovered. "Reaching back across 13.8 billion years to the first sliver of cosmic time with telescopes at the South Pole, a team of astronomers led by John M. Kovac of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics detected ripples in the fabric of space-time — so-called gravitational waves — the signature of a universe being wrenched violently apart when it was roughly a trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second old," explains The New York Times. "Even on its own, finding new evidence for Einstein's much-sought-after gravity waves is a major achievement. But finding evidence for them from the early universe means we have a new tool for exploring the most extreme, mind-blowing event that ever occurred: the birth of everything," states NPR.
This Week in History
1947: President Truman establishes what becomes known as the Truman Doctrine to help Greece and Turkey resist Communism.
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Around the World!
March 18, 2014
Welcome to Around the World! This week we feature a discussion on the future of Syria after three years of violence, a look into human trafficking in Nepal, and more.
| Interview: Belinda Bow, International Ambassador for 3 Angels Nepal Each year, more than 20,000 girls in Nepal become victims of human trafficking. 3 Angels Nepal rescues on average 12 girls every day. Diplomatic Courier sat down with Belinda Bow, international ambassador for 3 Angels, to find out more. Read more about it here! |
| Lack of Women at Davos Reflects the Gender Gap in Global Leadership As world leaders met on a global stage for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in January, it was not hard to notice that something was missing. Read about it here. |
| Reflections on Diplomatic Women "We have more work to do, but we can and should celebrate the progress our gender has made so far," writes Vicki Treadell, British High Commissioner to New Zealand. Read the interview here. |
| After 3 years, the war in Syria shows no sign of slowing down. The rise of radical Sunni groups and the decline of the secular opposition will only intensify the religious dynamic of the conflict, and the tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Read more about it here. |
| Syria Leads World in Forcibly Displaced After Three Years of Conflict It has been 3 years since the Syrian Day of Rage protests staged on March 15, 2011 sparked what has evolved into a deadly civil war. According to UNHCR, more than 2.5 million Syrians have fled into neighboring countries, and the death toll is over 140,000. Read more about it here. |
| Clinton’s Ghosts: President Obama and Syria The international community is finally open to changing course in Syria, and Clinton’s ghosts need to be part of the debate. Read more about it here. |
Around the Web
In one of the most important astronomy and physics discoveries of our time, a window into the Big Bang and the birth of the universe has been discovered. "Reaching back across 13.8 billion years to the first sliver of cosmic time with telescopes at the South Pole, a team of astronomers led by John M. Kovac of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics detected ripples in the fabric of space-time — so-called gravitational waves — the signature of a universe being wrenched violently apart when it was roughly a trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second old," explains The New York Times. "Even on its own, finding new evidence for Einstein's much-sought-after gravity waves is a major achievement. But finding evidence for them from the early universe means we have a new tool for exploring the most extreme, mind-blowing event that ever occurred: the birth of everything," states NPR.
This Week in History
1947: President Truman establishes what becomes known as the Truman Doctrine to help Greece and Turkey resist Communism.
