Does Your Diamond Bring Peace?
Will you know the story of the diamond you buy this holiday season? Sadly, in just about every case, the answer is no. But it could -- and should -- be otherwise; writes Brad Brooks-Rubin ...
A Nobel Laureate, an Indicted War Criminal, and What They Have in Common
The international community has bestowed very different labels on Aung San Suu Kyi and Omar al-Bashir: Burma’s de facto leader is a Nobel Laureate, while Sudan’s head of state is an indictee of the International Criminal Court. Today, however, as they both face worldwide condemnation, the United States is on the dangerous path to lose leverage to influence either ...
World Diamond Magazine Op-ed: Should the Diamond Industry Lead KP Reform or Just Get to the Core Issues?
This op-ed originally appeared in the September 2017 issue of World Diamond Magazine ...
Yes, We Have Leverage: A Playbook for Immediate and Long-Term Financial Pressures to Address Violent Kleptocracies in East and Central Africa
This policy brief lays out four sets of tools that can form a playbook to deal with violent kleptocracies in East and Central Africa ...
Testimony of Brad Brooks-Rubin: The Questionable Case for Easing Sudan Sanctions
Testimony of Brad Brooks-Rubin, Enough Project Policy Director, given on April 26th, 2017 before the U.S. Congress’ House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on “The Questionable Case for Easing Sudan Sanctions.” Read the full testimony here. Chairman Smith, Ranking Member Bass, Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for holding this important hearing and providing The Enough Project and our financial investigative initiative, The Sentry, with the opportunity to share our perspective on a country that has long vexed U.S. policymakers. Congress has a deep and bipartisan history of leading U.S. efforts to promote peace, human rights, religious freedom, and counterterrorism objectives in Sudan, ...