Yesterday’s Forgotten Crises
As the world focuses on Ukraine’s offensive against Russia, as well as Israel’s struggle with Hamas and Hezbollah, the temptation is to believe that other crises have meanwhile eased. However, many additional people around the world also suffer from devastating conflicts. In Sudan, ongoing war between the army and paramilitary forces has shattered the country, killing some 20,000 and displacing over 10 million. In Venezuela, the suppression of human rights, rampant corruption, and economic collapse have displaced 7.7 million. And in Myanmar, where the Rohingya have faced decades of systemic persecution and targeted violence, a 2021 military coup inflicted widespread suffering, displacing 3.3 million. To name a few. How can the international community bring meaningful attention to these seemingly overlooked crises without merely substituting them for others now commanding our attention?
Join us Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024, at 11:00 am EDT // 4:00 pm BST, for another installment of Free Speech at the Crossroads: International Dialogues.
This event is co-sponsored by the Free Speech Project (Georgetown University) and the Future of the Humanities Project (Georgetown University and Blackfriars Hall and Campion Hall, Oxford).
Featured:
Fanta Aw, executive director and CEO, NAFSA
Louis Goodman, professor and dean emeritus, School of International Service, American University
Anne Lonsdale, British sinologist, higher education expert
Lord Jonny Oates, member, House of Lords, U.K. Parliament
Michael Scott (moderator), senior dean, Blackfriars Hall, Oxford
Sanford J. Ungar (moderator), director, Free Speech Project, Georgetown University