Emily Jones

US President Joe Biden implemented new restrictions on the military's use of drone strikes. Will they have an impact on US involvement in Somalia?
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As planning begins for construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, governments and multinational corporations are prioritizing “development” over local livelihoods.
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The perpetuation of a narrative that links ivory trafficking with international terrorist networks has provided an opening for the insertion of counterterrorism interests into global anti-poaching efforts, causing more harm than good to the…
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As Ecuador's presidential election heads to a runoff vote with a focus on economic concerns, the future of the Amazon rainforest hangs in the balance.
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The oil spill in Mauritius underscores the urgent need for powerful political actors to step back and allow those living at the frontlines of the climate crisis to lead the international conversation.
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In the shadow of the shutdown of the Dakota Access Pipeline, Indigenous communities of Ecuador's Amazon are struggling to find justice as they live through the consequences of the country's largest oil spill in over a decade.
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Politicians in both Central America and in the US garner public support for law and order policies on the basis of fear of crime and generalized assumptions of marginalized groups, allowing authoritarian behavior to go unchecked under the…
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Climate justice cannot be achieved until intergovernmental organizations fulfill their promises to act in the defense of universal human rights. Currently, the harmful bureaucratic nature of agencies like the UNHCR makes this an impossible…
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