The CISM was founded on 18 Feb., 1948 and is now the world’s second largest multi-sport discipline organization, bested only by the International Olympic Committee. Operating under the motto “Friendship through sport,” its mission through competitions like the World Games and symposiums highlight the role that sports can play rebuilding societies ravaged by conflict or natural disasters. Continue reading
WASHINGTON- Less than a year ago, brent crude oil, the international benchmark, was around $115 per barrel. Today, it’s $65.32 a barrel. And the oil industry continues to be volatile due to unconventional oil production, geopolitical conflicts and oil sanctions … Continue reading
Somalia has been considered a failed state since the early 1990s, but he presence of UN and AU peacekeepers in the war-, famine- and poverty-torn country has been largely unable to quell the ongoing violence between various warlords and armed factions. Continue reading
Beyond a foreign offensive against ISIS, Assyrian groups have renewed calls for an autonomous Christian homeland in Iraq’s Nineveh Governorate, known as Nīnwē to the Assyrians. Continue reading
China wants its currency to play a more significant role in world affairs. Can it challenge the dollar? Continue reading
After seeing a decade of heavy combat in two major wars, the lightweight M777 howitzer continues to be an integral piece of the U.S. military’s artillery strategy – as it looks forward to facing a range of new threats. Continue reading
What exactly are people hoping to do with drones, and how is the government planning to regulate it? Continue reading
WASHINGTON — It’s a balloon! It’s a kite! It’s a … gyrocopter? The Secret Service completely mistook a blip on their radar systems for an innocent toy last month until it landed on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol. Then … Continue reading
Frontline journalists are now also terrorism targets, but it wasn’t always this way. Continue reading
Despite what some experts say is the weakening status of the Islamic State; the militant organization continues to take control of cities in Iraq and Syria. The United States has conducted airstrikes on ISIS, but more must be done to sever the radical group’s presence in the region.
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Medill/GlobalPost investigation sheds new light on $3.2 billion U.S. mine clearance and victim assistance effort.
Medill/USA TODAY investigation of U.S. international food aid programs finds significant, entrenched problems
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→ Continue to the story.EVANSTON, Ill. — The Robert R. McCormick Foundation has renewed a $1 million grant to fund the Medill National Security Journalism Initiative at Northwestern University over the next two years.
The NSJ program provides journalists-in-training and working journalists with the knowledge and skills necessary to report accurately, completely and with context on events and issues related to defense, security and civil liberties. The initiative began in January, 2009 with an initial three-year, $1.3 million McCormick Foundation grant. The grant was also renewed for $1 million over two years in 2011.
