James Heins
jheins@binghamton.edu
4 Articles
Columns
The international community is ignoring a genocide in Sudan
The 2020s have been a decade ripe with conflict — from Gaza to Ukraine, footage of destruction previously unthinkable in a 21st-century conflict has been circulated and viewed by millions. While this...
Columns
Ukraine is holding strong in Pokrovsk — they should leave before it's too late
Pokrovsk was once a bustling city of 60,000 people in Donetsk Oblast, a region of eastern Ukraine. Now, it more resembles the infamous Chernobyl Exclusion Zone than the lively city it was...
Opinions
The US should let the Venezuelan people fight their own democratic uprising
Recently, Venezuela has found itself at the center of headlines. Between allegations of stolen elections, brutal repressions of democratic opposition, extreme economic failure and millions of Venezuelans fleeing abroad, it is easy...
Opinions
ISIS is reestablishing itself in West Africa
In 2019, ISIS’ last stronghold in Syria fell to Kurdish militants and, since then, the jihadist group has mostly remained out of the headlines. While it has maintained a small presence in...