Jean M. Geran

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What Can Obama Do About the Surge of Minors from Central America?

Last fall, as part of Shadow Government's 12-Step Plan to recovering Obama's foreign policy mojo, I suggested launching an initiative to protect the young hearts ...

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Making room for children in adversity

Yesterday was a good day for children. Hard to believe it, given recent events and the news of death, violence, and the suffering of children ...

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Burma’s women are paving the road to freedom

As someone who has worked on human rights and democracy promotion in U.S. foreign policy, one of the questions I most often hear is "Why ...

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Are the kids alright?

A nation can be judged by how it cares for and protects the most vulnerable.  As our fearless curator Will Inboden pointed out, it was ...

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Thugs to hugs: can Burma’s army make the transition?

Today, Secretary Clinton begins her historic visit to Burma. In 2009, as the Obama administration was conducting an initial ‘review' of its Burma policy, I ...

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Waiving our responsibility to vulnerable children

The bungled handling of the requirements of the Child Soldier Prevention Act last week is a clear and disturbing sign that the U.S. policy apparatus ...

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The women behind the green

Through her bloody death on June 20, 2009, Neda Agha-Soltan, 26, galvanized the Iranian opposition protests. But she was not the first woman to play ...

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How about a high-tech ‘Reset’ button for U.S. human rights policy?

By Jean M. Geran On Jan. 21, Secretary Clinton is scheduled to make an important speech on new technology and 21st-century statecraft. After a year ...

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Obama has the Nobel Peace Prize, but action on human rights is long overdue

It is a sad bit of irony that International Human Rights Day and President Obama's formal acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize coincide today. Much ...

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