Buddhism in Ladakh: Everyday, Everywhere

by Charukesi Ramadurai - India - High in the north Indian state of Kashmir sits Ladakh, held by many as the last bastion of Himalayan Buddhism. Since Tibet is out of bounds for most tourists, Ladakh now attracts travelers and...

Posted by Charukesi Ramadurai on July 27, 2010 8:08 AM

A Brave New World: Women as Architects of Peace

by Katharine Daniels Executive Editor & Founder, The WIP This past weekend I was invited to keynote the Global Women’s Conference at CSU Fullerton. It was a great opportunity for me to reflect on the journey that we’ve been on...

Posted by Katharine Daniels on March 8, 2010 12:00 AM

Hit or Miss: Bangladesh’s Migrant Workers Seek Financial Security Abroad

by Stine Eckert - USA - When the Malaysian government expelled Bangladeshi migrant workers from the country in 1998 because it needed jobs for its own people, 32-year old Sheikh Rumana was one of them – after having worked under...

Posted by Stine Eckert on September 21, 2009 12:00 AM

Modern Malaysia Grapples with Islamization

by Mahi Ramakrishnan - Malaysia - Eight years ago I followed the Muslim religious authorities, dubbed the morality police, on a raid in Malaysia's federal capital, Kuala Lumpur for an article I was writing on the religious body and its...

Posted by Mahi Ramakrishnan on September 9, 2009 12:00 AM

Between Denmark and Thailand:
Two Films Explore Romantic Barter

by Brittany Shoot - Denmark - For the past two years, the buzz has grown increasingly louder about emerging Danish documentary filmmaker Janus Metz. In his complementary, almost sequential films, Love on Delivery (From Thailand to Thy) and Ticket to...

Posted by Brittany Shoot on September 4, 2009 12:00 AM

E-waste: America's Electronics Feed the Global Digital Dump

by Michelle Chen - USA - The landscape of Guiyu, a remote town in China’s Guangdong province, embodies a collision between past and future. Amid acidic plumes of smoke and vast mountains of trash, migrants scour for valuable scraps using...

Posted by Michelle Chen on April 26, 2009 12:00 AM

The Role and Influence of the US President in Germany

by Vera von Kreutzbruck Germany The next president of the United States of America will undoubtedly play a major role in the international arena – as all US presidents have in past decades. But the important question is how much...

Posted by Vera von Kreutzbruck on June 18, 2007 6:24 PM