This week marks the 20th anniversary of one of the worst humanitarian catastrophes in human history, the Rwandan genocide. Rwanda has struggled mightily to face the reality and the consequences of that calamity, and much credit should be given to its people for their courage and forthrightness. Unfortunately, some scars can never heal, but the world has much to learn from the Rwandan pursuit of truth and reconciliation.
About 2,000 people are leaving their homes on the Cartaret Islands. They are leaving because the island, being an atoll, is sinking, but also because the seas are rising due to climate change. It’s hard to tell which factor is more important, but we may regard the residents as the world’s first climate change refugees at some point in the future when we have more data.
The official news agency of Iran, Fars, has run an encouraging story about the resumption of negotiations between Iran and the P5+1. The tone of the story suggests that Iran believes that a final agreement is possible, and given the information we have about previous negotiations, the tone leads one to believe that Iran does not consider the demands of the P5+1 to be unattainable. Much remains to be done, and we’ll need to wait and see how the P5+1 interpret the mood of the final negotiations.
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