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• What is the responsibility of American companies and consumers for unsafe working conditions in Chinese factories?
• Should a global climate agreement hold the US to a higher environmental standard than the rest of the world?
• What responsibility does the world bear for rehabilitating child soldiers from the horror of serving in armed conflict?
• Can the US military be effective in nonmilitary efforts to revive a war-battered community?
• How concerned should Americans be about HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean?
• Should US environmental standards apply when multinational companies develop the petroleum resources of fragile ecosystems such as Peru's Amazon?
• What would be the most effective way for the Indian government to respond to the Maoist insurgency?
• Is the accidental killing of civilians by US forces, in places like Somalia, an unavoidable part of the war on terrorism?
• Why should the world care about the environment in places like Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Rwanda?
• Who should take a stand against abusive child labor being used in Congo to dig out coltan?
• What responsibility does the US have toward Vietnamese who believe they've suffered illnesses as a result of their exposure to the dioxin Agent Orange?
• Should the US consider Ethiopia an ally despite its poor human rights record?
• Does President Hugo Chavez's criticism of US policies represent popular sentiments in Venezuela, and perhaps Latin America at large?
• Should a US company be legally liable in US courts for environmental consequences of its operations abroad?
• In a closed society like the military dictatorship of Burma, how can journalists find the truth?
• How should Lebanon address its "Palestinian issue" and what can the international community do to help?
• Why has international intervention to stop the fighting in Darfur failed, and what policy alternatives might succeed?
• What role should the US play in reducing the production of illicit drugs-such as cocaine and heroin-in places like Bolivia and Afghanistan?
• How is the struggle for water, such as in Ethiopia and Kenya, shaping conflicts in this century?
• How does stigma and discrimination, as witnessed in Jamaica, perpetuate the global HIV/AIDS epidemic?
• What are the key obstacles to obtaining sustainable peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and what steps are necessary to overcome them?
• Drugs, oil and possible war: What's driving the conflicts along Colombia's borders with Venezuela and Ecuador?
• How can US foreign policy be improved by the paradox that Iran is often viewed as America's most serious threat even though its youthful population is among the most pro-western Muslim countries?
• Why does the U.S. government support independence for the breakaway Serb territory of Kosovo but oppose independence for the breakaway Georgian territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia?
• What would be the most dramatic difference, in terms of U.S. foreign policy, between a President John McCain and a President Barack Obama?
• What responsibility does the US bear for helping to solve the Iraqi refugee crisis?
• Has the US media presented a fair and accurate portrayal of the Georgia/Russia conflict?
• What does media freedom mean in a place like Sri Lanka that is determined to stamp out a long-standing insurrection?
• Where will the greatest points of conflict arise in India's foreseeable future and how should India act to resolve these conflicts?
• With mounting violence, a surge in Taliban support and growing numbers of displaced persons making front-page news in Pakistan, are we getting an accurate picture of realities on the ground?

Childbirth & Labor

• Hundreds of thousands of women die each year due to complications related to pregnancy and childbirth. What are the first steps to making a difference?

Food & Agriculture

• Inadequate access to safe water and sanitation claims 4,500 lives a day. What should we do about it?