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src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://i.huffpost.com/gen/4619114/images/n-BURKINI-SPLIT-SCREEN-medium.jpg" alt="Burkini Split Screen"/> </a> <span class="absolute image-credit arial_11">Getty/WorldPost Illustration</span> </div> <p>In the wake of the terrorist attacks in Nice and elsewhere in the country, several towns along the sunny beaches in the south of France where a scantily clad Brigitte Bardot once frolicked have banned the burkini. This ban on covering up reveals not only a cleavage between conservative Islamic norms and the liberal West, but between the concepts of secularism within the West itself as well.<em> (continued)</em></p> </div> </div> </div>   </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div id="featured_posts_long" data-beacon="{"p":{"mnid":"featBlg"}}"> <div id="featured_upper"> <div id="hp_featured_posts_main"> <div id="hp_featured_posts_all_pages">  <div id="hp_featured_posts_page_1">  <div class="entry " id="blog_11595106" data-beacon="{"p":{"plid":11595106,"mpid":2}}"> <div class="col entry_left"> </div> <div class="col entry_right"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/neal-kenyguyer/world-humanitarian-day-aid-workers_b_11595106.html?utm_hp_ref=world" style="line-height:18px !important;font-weight: bold;font-size: 16px;font-family: arial;color: #1A1A1A;">This World Humanitarian Day, the World Must Get Serious About Protecting Aid Workers</a></h2> <div class="green_entry_bar"></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="image_wrapper relative" style="width: 300px;float:left"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/neal-kenyguyer/world-humanitarian-day-aid-workers_b_11595106.html?utm_hp_ref=world"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://i.huffpost.com/gen/4615580/images/n-AID-WORKERS-SYRIA-medium.jpg" alt="Aid Workers Syria"/> </a> <span class="absolute image-credit arial_11">Anadolu Agency via Getty Images</span> </div> <p>We cannot afford to have another Omran Daqneesh or to have more aid workers held at gunpoint. Innocent civilians and the people striving to protect them deserve more.</p> <div class="author_bottom_desc"> <div class="blogger_img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/neal-kenyguyer"><span id="blogger-headshot" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://s.huffpost.com/contributors/neal-kenyguyer/headshot.jpg);" class="unloaded-image"></span></a> </div> <div class="blogger_credit"> <div class="byline_timestamp blogger_name"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/neal-kenyguyer/">Neal Keny-Guyer</a> <p class="author_teaser" style="margin-top: 3px;margin-left: 0px !important; float:left; width:234px;">Chief Executive Officer of Mercy Corps</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="all_sponsored_posts_page_1_wrapper"> <div id="all_sponsored_posts"> <script type="text/javascript"> var blog_column_edit_promo_position = 1; </script> </div> </div> <div id="ad_deal_lower_left_wrapper"> </div>  <div class="entry " id="blog_11605628" data-beacon="{"p":{"plid":11605628,"mpid":3}}"> <div class="col entry_left"> </div> <div class="col entry_right"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alexander-gorlach/eu-lies_b_11605628.html?utm_hp_ref=world" style="line-height:18px !important;font-weight: bold;font-size: 16px;font-family: arial;color: #1A1A1A;">To Save the EU, Citizens Need to Wake Up and Refuse to Be Lied to</a></h2> <div class="green_entry_bar"></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="image_wrapper relative" style="width: 300px;float:left"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alexander-gorlach/eu-lies_b_11605628.html?utm_hp_ref=world"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://i.huffpost.com/gen/4617504/images/n-MARINE-LE-PEN-medium.jpg" alt="Marine Le Pen"/> </a> <span class="absolute image-credit arial_11">Jacky Naegelen / Reuters</span> </div> <p>BERLIN -- Europe needs a new elite, one that is prepared to not just tell people what they want to hear, but to embody a coherent future as a community of values, of human rights, of solidarity.</p> <div class="author_bottom_desc"> <div class="blogger_img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alexander-gorlach"><span id="blogger-headshot" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://s.huffpost.com/contributors/alexander-gorlach/headshot.jpg);" class="unloaded-image"></span></a> </div> <div class="blogger_credit"> <div class="byline_timestamp blogger_name"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alexander-gorlach/">Alexander Görlach</a> <p class="author_teaser" style="margin-top: 3px;margin-left: 0px !important; float:left; width:234px;">Founder and publisher of The European, Sr. Advisor, Berggruen Institute</p> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="entry " id="blog_11577870" data-beacon="{"p":{"plid":11577870,"mpid":4}}"> <div class="col entry_left"> </div> <div class="col entry_right"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-javad-heydarian/will-duterte-overhaul-phi_b_11577870.html?utm_hp_ref=world" style="line-height:18px !important;font-weight: bold;font-size: 16px;font-family: arial;color: #1A1A1A;">Will Duterte Overhaul Philippine Foreign Policy?</a></h2> <div class="green_entry_bar"></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="image_wrapper relative" style="width: 300px;float:left"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-javad-heydarian/will-duterte-overhaul-phi_b_11577870.html?utm_hp_ref=world"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://i.huffpost.com/gen/4477988/images/n-DUTERTE-medium.jpg" alt="Duterte"/> </a> <span class="absolute image-credit arial_11">Erik de Castro / Reuters</span> </div> <p>MANILA, Philippines -- There is growing reason to expect a seismic shift in Philippine foreign policy under Rodrigo Duterte, the country's new firebrand president.</p> <div class="author_bottom_desc"> <div class="blogger_img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-javad-heydarian"><span id="blogger-headshot" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://s.huffpost.com/contributors/richard-javad-heydarian/headshot.jpg);" class="unloaded-image"></span></a> </div> <div class="blogger_credit"> <div class="byline_timestamp blogger_name"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-javad-heydarian/">Richard Javad Heydarian</a> <p class="author_teaser" style="margin-top: 3px;margin-left: 0px !important; float:left; width:234px;">Academic, policy adviser, and author of "Asia's New Battlefield: US, China, and the Struggle for Western Pacific"</p> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="entry " id="blog_11610376" data-beacon="{"p":{"plid":11610376,"mpid":5}}"> <div class="col entry_left"> </div> <div class="col entry_right"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/salvatore-curreri/banning-the-burkini-in-it_b_11610376.html?utm_hp_ref=world" style="line-height:18px !important;font-weight: bold;font-size: 16px;font-family: arial;color: #1A1A1A;">Banning the Burkini in Italy Would Be Unconstitutional and Counterproductive</a></h2> <div class="green_entry_bar"></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/salvatore-curreri/banning-the-burkini-in-it_b_11610376.html?1471625565" target="_hplink"><img alt="burkini" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://i.huffpost.com/gen/4618260/thumbs/n-BURKINI-medium.jpg"/></a><br/> There could be far more serious and effective ways to tackle gender inequality in the Muslim world -- including safeguarding the right for young Muslim migrants, boys and girls, to get an education.</p> <div class="author_bottom_desc"> <div class="blogger_img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/salvatore-curreri"><span id="blogger-headshot" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://s.huffpost.com/contributors/salvatore-curreri/headshot.jpg);" class="unloaded-image"></span></a> </div> <div class="blogger_credit"> <div class="byline_timestamp blogger_name"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/salvatore-curreri/">Salvatore Curreri</a> <p class="author_teaser" style="margin-top: 3px;margin-left: 0px !important; float:left; width:234px;">Professor of Italian law</p> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="entry " id="blog_11595202" data-beacon="{"p":{"plid":11595202,"mpid":6}}"> <div class="col entry_left"> </div> <div class="col entry_right"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathalie-goulet/the-burkini-debate-sheds-_b_11595202.html?utm_hp_ref=world" style="line-height:18px !important;font-weight: bold;font-size: 16px;font-family: arial;color: #1A1A1A;">The Burkini Debate Sheds Light on the Widespread Intolerance in France</a></h2> <div class="green_entry_bar"></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathalie-goulet/the-burkini-debate-sheds-_b_11595202.html?1471555479" target="_hplink"><img alt="burkini" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://i.huffpost.com/gen/4615480/thumbs/n-BURKINI-medium.jpg"/></a><br/> What this burkini debate reveals about the state of French society is terrifying. It points to the perversion of our values.</p> <div class="author_bottom_desc"> <div class="blogger_img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathalie-goulet"><span id="blogger-headshot" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://s.huffpost.com/contributors/nathalie-goulet/headshot.jpg);" class="unloaded-image"></span></a> </div> <div class="blogger_credit"> <div class="byline_timestamp blogger_name"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathalie-goulet/">Nathalie Goulet</a> <p class="author_teaser" style="margin-top: 3px;margin-left: 0px !important; float:left; width:234px;">Member of the French Senate</p> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="entry " id="blog_11573808" data-beacon="{"p":{"plid":11573808,"mpid":7}}"> <div class="col entry_left"> </div> <div class="col entry_right"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hadeel-karbouthy/trapped-in-aleppo-i-fear-_b_11573808.html?utm_hp_ref=world" style="line-height:18px !important;font-weight: bold;font-size: 16px;font-family: arial;color: #1A1A1A;">Trapped in Aleppo, I Fear for the Safety of My Unborn Child</a></h2> <div class="green_entry_bar"></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hadeel-karbouthy/trapped-in-aleppo-i-fear-_b_11573808.html?1471469469" target="_hplink"><img alt="aleppo" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://i.huffpost.com/gen/4611822/thumbs/n-ALEPPO-medium.jpg"/></a><br/> I have been working with the aid project SOS Children's Villages for the past 12 years -- since I was 18 years old. I have been working hard to safeguard children's rights, and I want to guarantee these rights for my baby, too.</p> <div class="author_bottom_desc"> <div class="blogger_img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hadeel-karbouthy"><span id="blogger-headshot" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://s.huffpost.com/contributors/hadeel-karbouthy/headshot.jpg);" class="unloaded-image"></span></a> </div> <div class="blogger_credit"> <div class="byline_timestamp blogger_name"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hadeel-karbouthy/">Hadeel Karbouthy</a> <p class="author_teaser" style="margin-top: 3px;margin-left: 0px !important; float:left; width:234px;">Head of the SOS Children's Villages emergency daycare center in Aleppo</p> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="entry " id="blog_11551358" data-beacon="{"p":{"plid":11551358,"mpid":8}}"> <div class="col entry_left"> </div> <div class="col entry_right"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/massimo-faggioli/catholic-church-leaders-i_b_11551358.html?utm_hp_ref=world" style="line-height:18px !important;font-weight: bold;font-size: 16px;font-family: arial;color: #1A1A1A;">Catholic Church Leaders in America Have Been Astoundingly Silent on Trump</a></h2> <div class="green_entry_bar"></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/massimo-faggioli/catholic-church-leaders-i_b_11551358.html?1471380372" target="_hplink"><img alt="papa trump" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://i.huffpost.com/gen/4596108/thumbs/n-PAPA-TRUMP-medium.jpg"/></a></p> <p>Among the leaders paralyzed in the face of the Trump phenomenon are the leaders of the Catholic Church, which is currently the largest and most prominent Christian church in the United States.</p> <div class="author_bottom_desc"> <div class="blogger_img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/massimo-faggioli"><span id="blogger-headshot" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://s.huffpost.com/contributors/massimo-faggioli/headshot.jpg);" class="unloaded-image"></span></a> </div> <div class="blogger_credit"> <div class="byline_timestamp blogger_name"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/massimo-faggioli/">Massimo Faggioli</a> <p class="author_teaser" style="margin-top: 3px;margin-left: 0px !important; float:left; width:234px;">Professor of Theology and Religious Studies, Villanova University</p> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="entry " id="blog_11532232" data-beacon="{"p":{"plid":11532232,"mpid":9}}"> <div class="col entry_left"> </div> <div class="col entry_right"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ian-armstrong/us-korea-missile_b_11532232.html?utm_hp_ref=world" style="line-height:18px !important;font-weight: bold;font-size: 16px;font-family: arial;color: #1A1A1A;">Why the U.S.-South Korea Missile Shield Could Provoke China to Develop Advanced Weaponry</a></h2> <div class="green_entry_bar"></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="image_wrapper relative" style="width: 300px;float:left"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ian-armstrong/us-korea-missile_b_11532232.html?utm_hp_ref=world"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://i.huffpost.com/gen/4604424/images/n-THAAD-medium.jpg" alt="Thaad"/> </a> <span class="absolute image-credit arial_11">Handout . / Reuters</span> </div> <p>The sophisticated missile defense system soon to be deployed on the Korean peninsula has irked Beijing, which could respond by accelerating development of advanced weaponry -- like hypersonic gliders -- that render the system's powerful radar irrelevant.</p> <div class="author_bottom_desc"> <div class="blogger_img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ian-armstrong"><span id="blogger-headshot" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://s.huffpost.com/contributors/ian-armstrong/headshot.jpg);" class="unloaded-image"></span></a> </div> <div class="blogger_credit"> <div class="byline_timestamp blogger_name"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ian-armstrong/">Ian Armstrong</a> <p class="author_teaser" style="margin-top: 3px;margin-left: 0px !important; float:left; width:234px;">Senior analyst, Global Risk Insights</p> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="entry " id="blog_11548642" data-beacon="{"p":{"plid":11548642,"mpid":10}}"> <div class="col entry_left"> </div> <div class="col entry_right"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/menerva-hammad/muslim-women-should-be-al_b_11548642.html?utm_hp_ref=world" style="line-height:18px !important;font-weight: bold;font-size: 16px;font-family: arial;color: #1A1A1A;">Women Should Be Able to Wear What They Want to the Beach. That Includes Muslim Women.</a></h2> <div class="green_entry_bar"></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/menerva-hammad/muslim-women-should-be-al_b_11548642.html?1471371043" target="_hplink"><img alt="burkini" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://i.huffpost.com/gen/4607656/thumbs/n-BURKINI-medium.jpg"/></a><br/> What do women and girls who wear full-body swimsuits have to do with the Islamic State? Has a terrorist attack ever been traced back to a woman wearing a burkini?</p> <div class="author_bottom_desc"> <div class="blogger_img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/menerva-hammad"><span id="blogger-headshot" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://s.huffpost.com/contributors/menerva-hammad/headshot.jpg);" class="unloaded-image"></span></a> </div> <div class="blogger_credit"> <div class="byline_timestamp blogger_name"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/menerva-hammad/">Menerva Hammad</a> <p class="author_teaser" style="margin-top: 3px;margin-left: 0px !important; float:left; width:234px;">Austro-Egyptian journalist</p> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="entry " id="blog_11527812" data-beacon="{"p":{"plid":11527812,"mpid":11}}"> <div class="col entry_left"> </div> <div class="col entry_right"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/atila-roque/brazil-is-failing-to-deli_b_11527812.html?utm_hp_ref=world" style="line-height:18px !important;font-weight: bold;font-size: 16px;font-family: arial;color: #1A1A1A;">Brazil Is Failing to Deliver the Promised Olympic Legacy of Safety and Security</a></h2> <div class="green_entry_bar"></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/atila-roque/brazil-is-failing-to-deli_b_11527812.html?1471282527" target="_hplink"><img alt="rio favelas" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://i.huffpost.com/gen/4603866/thumbs/n-RIO-FAVELAS-medium.jpg"/></a></p> <p>What legacy will Brazil leave behind? As the host of the most important sporting event in the world, will it promote solidarity, cooperation, and peace?</p> <div class="author_bottom_desc"> <div class="blogger_img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/atila-roque"><span id="blogger-headshot" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://s.huffpost.com/contributors/atila-roque/headshot.jpg);" class="unloaded-image"></span></a> </div> <div class="blogger_credit"> <div class="byline_timestamp blogger_name"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/atila-roque/">Atila Roque</a> <p class="author_teaser" style="margin-top: 3px;margin-left: 0px !important; float:left; width:234px;">Executive Director of Amnesty International Brazil</p> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="entry " id="blog_11525870" data-beacon="{"p":{"plid":11525870,"mpid":12}}"> <div class="col entry_left"> </div> <div class="col entry_right"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ikram-ben-aissa/the-cannes-burkini-ban-un_b_11525870.html?utm_hp_ref=world" style="line-height:18px !important;font-weight: bold;font-size: 16px;font-family: arial;color: #1A1A1A;">The Cannes Burkini Ban Undermines Freedom of Muslim Women</a></h2> <div class="green_entry_bar"></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ikram-ben-aissa/the-cannes-burkini-ban-un_b_11525870.html?1471274801" target="_hplink"><img alt="burkini" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://i.huffpost.com/gen/4603276/thumbs/n-BURKINI-medium.jpg"/></a></p> <p>When will Muslims in Europe be respected and treated as equal citizens? When will we stop marginalizing millions of European Muslim citizens, especially women?</p> <div class="author_bottom_desc"> <div class="blogger_img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ikram-ben-aissa"><span id="blogger-headshot" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://s.huffpost.com/contributors/ikram-ben-aissa/headshot.jpg);" class="unloaded-image"></span></a> </div> <div class="blogger_credit"> <div class="byline_timestamp blogger_name"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ikram-ben-aissa/">Ikram Ben Aissa</a> <p class="author_teaser" style="margin-top: 3px;margin-left: 0px !important; float:left; width:234px;">Writer</p> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="entry " id="blog_11458812" data-beacon="{"p":{"plid":11458812,"mpid":13}}"> <div class="col entry_left"> </div> <div class="col entry_right"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jan-christoph-minx/charts-paris-climate_b_11458812.html?utm_hp_ref=world" style="line-height:18px !important;font-weight: bold;font-size: 16px;font-family: arial;color: #1A1A1A;">These Charts Show What the Paris Climate Agreement Is Up Against</a></h2> <div class="green_entry_bar"></div> </div> <div class="image_wrapper relative" style="width: 300px;float:left"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jan-christoph-minx/charts-paris-climate_b_11458812.html?utm_hp_ref=world"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://i.huffpost.com/gen/4603732/images/n-MERCATOR-RESEARCH-INSTITUTE-medium.jpg" alt="Mercator Research Institute"/> </a> <span class="absolute image-credit arial_11">Mercator Research Institute</span> </div> <p>BERLIN -- To keep the world from warming more than 1.5 degrees Celsius, we need to figure out how to achieve sustained and substantial greenhouse gas emissions reductions efficiently, and we need to do it soon.</p> <div class="author_bottom_desc"> <div class="blogger_img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jan-christoph-minx"><span id="blogger-headshot" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://s.huffpost.com/contributors/jan-christoph-minx/headshot.jpg);" class="unloaded-image"></span></a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sabine-fuss"><span id="blogger-headshot" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://s.huffpost.com/contributors/sabine-fuss/headshot.jpg);" class="unloaded-image"></span></a> </div> <div class="blogger_credit"> <div class="byline_timestamp blogger_name"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jan-christoph-minx/" class="blogger_credit_link">Jan Christoph Minx</a> <p class="author_teaser" style="margin-top: 3px;margin-left: 0px !important; float:left; width:234px;">Professor of Science Policy and Sustainable Development, Hertie School of Governance</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sabine-fuss/" class="blogger_credit_link">Sabine Fuss</a> <p class="author_teaser" style="margin-top: 3px;margin-left: 0px !important; float:left; width:234px;">Group Leader, Mercator Research Institute</p> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="entry " id="blog_11497138" data-beacon="{"p":{"plid":11497138,"mpid":14}}"> <div class="col entry_left"> </div> <div class="col entry_right"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/yoani-sanchez/fidel-castro-birthday_b_11497138.html?utm_hp_ref=world" style="line-height:18px !important;font-weight: bold;font-size: 16px;font-family: arial;color: #1A1A1A;">Recipe for Forgetting Fidel Castro</a></h2> <div class="green_entry_bar"></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="image_wrapper relative" style="width: 300px;float:left"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/yoani-sanchez/fidel-castro-birthday_b_11497138.html?utm_hp_ref=world"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://i.huffpost.com/gen/4603126/images/n-FIDEL-CASTRO-medium.jpg" alt="Fidel Castro"/> </a> <span class="absolute image-credit arial_11">ASSOCIATED PRESS</span> </div> <p>HAVANA -- The celebration for the 90th birthday of Fidel Castro is, in reality, his farewell.</p> <div class="author_bottom_desc"> <div class="blogger_img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/yoani-sanchez"><span id="blogger-headshot" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://s.huffpost.com/contributors/yoani-sanchez/headshot.jpg);" class="unloaded-image"></span></a> </div> <div class="blogger_credit"> <div class="byline_timestamp blogger_name"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/yoani-sanchez/">Yoani Sanchez</a> <p class="author_teaser" style="margin-top: 3px;margin-left: 0px !important; float:left; width:234px;">Publisher of 14ymedio, independent newspaper in Cuba</p> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="entry " id="blog_11429014" data-beacon="{"p":{"plid":11429014,"mpid":15}}"> <div class="col entry_left"> </div> <div class="col entry_right"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/javier-corrales/venezuela-government-hunger_b_11429014.html?utm_hp_ref=world" style="line-height:18px !important;font-weight: bold;font-size: 16px;font-family: arial;color: #1A1A1A;">How Venezuela's Repressive Government Controls the Nation Through Hunger</a></h2> <div class="green_entry_bar"></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="image_wrapper relative" style="width: 300px;float:left"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/javier-corrales/venezuela-government-hunger_b_11429014.html?utm_hp_ref=world"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://i.huffpost.com/gen/4590990/images/n-VENEZUELA-FOOD-LINE-medium.jpg" alt="Venezuela Food Line"/> </a> <span class="absolute image-credit arial_11">FEDERICO PARRA via Getty Images</span> </div> <p>In Venezuela, the state has created hunger games and these games have morphed into war -- a war of the state against citizens and a war of citizens and against citizens.</p> <div class="author_bottom_desc"> <div class="blogger_img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/javier-corrales"><span id="blogger-headshot" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://s.huffpost.com/contributors/javier-corrales/headshot.jpg);" class="unloaded-image"></span></a> </div> <div class="blogger_credit"> <div class="byline_timestamp blogger_name"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/javier-corrales/">Javier Corrales</a> <p class="author_teaser" style="margin-top: 3px;margin-left: 0px !important; float:left; width:234px;">Professor of Political Science, Amherst College</p> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="entry " id="blog_11395456" data-beacon="{"p":{"plid":11395456,"mpid":16}}"> <div class="col entry_left"> </div> <div class="col entry_right"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dean-obeidallah/ibtihaj-muhammad-olympics_b_11395456.html?utm_hp_ref=world" style="line-height:18px !important;font-weight: bold;font-size: 16px;font-family: arial;color: #1A1A1A;">Ibtihaj Muhammad Didn't Win a Gold Medal, but She Has Won Something Even Bigger</a></h2> <div class="green_entry_bar"></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="image_wrapper relative" style="width: 300px;float:left"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dean-obeidallah/ibtihaj-muhammad-olympics_b_11395456.html?utm_hp_ref=world"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://i.huffpost.com/gen/4584596/images/n-IBTIHAJ-MUHAMMAD-medium.jpg" alt="Ibtihaj Muhammad"/> </a> <span class="absolute image-credit arial_11">Lucy Nicholson / Reuters</span> </div> <p>Ibtihaj Muhammad is more than simply an Olympic athlete. With each lunge and parry, she is cutting through stereotypes and misconceptions about Muslims.</p> <div class="author_bottom_desc"> <div class="blogger_img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dean-obeidallah"><span id="blogger-headshot" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://s.huffpost.com/contributors/dean-obeidallah/headshot.jpg);" class="unloaded-image"></span></a> </div> <div class="blogger_credit"> <div class="byline_timestamp blogger_name"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dean-obeidallah/">Dean Obeidallah</a> <p class="author_teaser" style="margin-top: 3px;margin-left: 0px !important; float:left; width:234px;">Political comedian, SiriusXM radio show host and commentator</p> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="entry " id="blog_11393228" data-beacon="{"p":{"plid":11393228,"mpid":17}}"> <div class="col entry_left"> </div> <div class="col entry_right"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eduardo-paes/the-olympic-feat-of-urban-sustainability_b_11393228.html?utm_hp_ref=world&ir=World" style="line-height:18px !important;font-weight: bold;font-size: 16px;font-family: arial;color: #1A1A1A;">The Olympic Feat of Urban Sustainability</a></h2> <div class="green_entry_bar"></div> </div> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eduardo-paes/the-olympic-feat-of-urban-sustainability_b_11393228.html" target="_hplink"><img alt="paes hidalgo" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://i.huffpost.com/gen/4584836/thumbs/n-PAES-HIDALGO-medium.jpg"/></a><br/> As megacity mayors, we have long considered cities laboratories for great ideas, but it wasn't until the COP21 climate negotiations in Paris last year that we recognized the scope of our capacity as local leaders to influence the course of the planet.</p> <div class="author_bottom_desc"> <div class="blogger_img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eduardo-paes"><span id="blogger-headshot" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://s.huffpost.com/contributors/eduardo-paes/headshot.jpg);" class="unloaded-image"></span></a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anne-hidalgo"><span id="blogger-headshot" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://s.huffpost.com/contributors/anne-hidalgo/headshot.jpg);" class="unloaded-image"></span></a> </div> <div class="blogger_credit"> <div class="byline_timestamp blogger_name"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eduardo-paes/" class="blogger_credit_link">Eduardo Paes</a> <p class="author_teaser" style="margin-top: 3px;margin-left: 0px !important; float:left; width:234px;">Mayor of Rio de Janeiro; C40 Chair</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anne-hidalgo/" class="blogger_credit_link">Anne Hidalgo</a> <p class="author_teaser" style="margin-top: 3px;margin-left: 0px !important; float:left; width:234px;">Mayor of Paris</p> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="entry " id="blog_11410434" data-beacon="{"p":{"plid":11410434,"mpid":18}}"> <div class="col entry_left"> </div> <div class="col entry_right"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-zimbalist/the-olympic-accounting-muddle_b_11410434.html?utm_hp_ref=world&ir=World" style="line-height:18px !important;font-weight: bold;font-size: 16px;font-family: arial;color: #1A1A1A;">The Olympic Accounting Muddle</a></h2> <div class="green_entry_bar"></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-zimbalist/the-olympic-accounting-muddle_b_11410434.html" target="_hplink"><img alt="rio olympic construction" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160821072009im_/http://i.huffpost.com/gen/4588216/thumbs/n-RIO-OLYMPIC-CONSTRUCTION-medium.jpg"/></a><br/> Rio and Brazil will suffer a substantial loss in hosting the Olympics. 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