“If they don’t pay,” President Donald Trump warned of NATO allies, “I’m not going to defend them.” Currently, his official position is that the United States would reconsider its defense commitments if its allies fail to demonstrate resol...
Tropical forests are one of our most crucial defenses against climate change, but they are disappearing at an alarming rate. A record 6.7 million hectares of rainforest were lost in 2024, largely due to agriculture and human-caused wildfires—result...
In Kuwait, 24-year-old Fatima mourns the loss of her university education. Despite earning a 96 percent on her high school exams, a score that would normally guarantee a medical career, her status as a Bidoon with an “unspecified nationality” wil...
Tucked between northeast Nepal and southern Tibet, the Khumbu Icefall slides down Mount Everest an average of three to four feet each day. The icefall’s crust is a Jenga-pile of house-sized ice blocks that break and collapse without warning. Crossi...
Tucked between northeast Nepal and southern Tibet, the Khumbu Icefall slides down Mount Everest an average of three to four feet each day. The icefall’s crust is a Jenga-pile of house-sized ice blocks that break and collapse without warning. Crossi...
Earlier this year, the world watched in consternation as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s increasingly autocratic regime closed Zaman, one of the country’s most prominent and critical newspapers, and reopened it overnight. The day before...
Earlier this year, the world watched in consternation as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s increasingly autocratic regime closed Zaman, one of the country’s most prominent and critical newspapers, and reopened it overnight. The day before...
The UN is no stranger to controversy. In its 70-year history, it has been involved in more than its fair share of scandals across the globe, from Bosnia to Rwanda. Of all UN action, peacekeeping missions have been particularly notorious for not only ...
The UN is no stranger to controversy. In its 70-year history, it has been involved in more than its fair share of scandals across the globe, from Bosnia to Rwanda. Of all UN action, peacekeeping missions have been particularly notorious for not only ...
Former US Ambassador and Co-Chair of US China Policy Foundation Chas Freeman speaks at the Foreign Policy Panel at the Brown China Summit from April 22-23. Ambassador Freeman’s talk discusses “Evolving Diplomacy in the 21st Century”...
Former US Ambassador and Co-Chair of US China Policy Foundation Chas Freeman speaks at the Foreign Policy Panel at the Brown China Summit from April 22-23. Ambassador Freeman’s talk discusses “Evolving Diplomacy in the 21st Century”...
For Justin Trudeau, head of Canada’s Liberal Party and newly elected Prime Minister, it’s been a good first five months in office. After his party’s resounding victory against its opponents, Trudeau quickly won international media attention for...
For Justin Trudeau, head of Canada’s Liberal Party and newly elected Prime Minister, it’s been a good first five months in office. After his party’s resounding victory against its opponents, Trudeau quickly won international media attention for...
In many ways, the political landscape in Eastern Europe is still getting its bearings after the fall of Warsaw-pact regimes in 1989-91. Though many Eastern European political parties and movements have been integrated into regional political structur...
In many ways, the political landscape in Eastern Europe is still getting its bearings after the fall of Warsaw-pact regimes in 1989-91. Though many Eastern European political parties and movements have been integrated into regional political structur...
April is a hopeful month for policymakers, activists, and citizens around the globe aspiring to address the multiple problems surrounding the international drug prohibition regime. From April 19 to 21, the United Nations will convene its much-awaited...
April is a hopeful month for policymakers, activists, and citizens around the globe aspiring to address the multiple problems surrounding the international drug prohibition regime. From April 19 to 21, the United Nations will convene its much-awaited...
On March 13, a car bomb exploded in Turkey’s capital, Ankara, killing an estimated 32 people and injuring over 100 others. This attack came only a few days after several other small-scale strikes in both Ankara and Istanbul. On March 22nd, suicide ...
On March 13, a car bomb exploded in Turkey’s capital, Ankara, killing an estimated 32 people and injuring over 100 others. This attack came only a few days after several other small-scale strikes in both Ankara and Istanbul. On March 22nd, suicide ...
In March 2013, among the overcrowded chaos of the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, American psychiatrist Dr. James Gordon watched as refugee children clung to their mothers, too afraid to leave their sides. Upon speaking with these women, Dr. Gordon d...
In March 2013, among the overcrowded chaos of the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, American psychiatrist Dr. James Gordon watched as refugee children clung to their mothers, too afraid to leave their sides. Upon speaking with these women, Dr. Gordon d...
In August of 2015, the Islamic State brutally destroyed the ancient city of Palmyra, Syria, one of many such attacks on cultural treasures that figuratively and literally pierce the heart of the Middle East. In response to this tragedy, the arch from...
In August of 2015, the Islamic State brutally destroyed the ancient city of Palmyra, Syria, one of many such attacks on cultural treasures that figuratively and literally pierce the heart of the Middle East. In response to this tragedy, the arch from...
“TPP es muerte”, read the sign of a man protesting in front of La Moneda, Chile’s presidential palace, on the afternoon of February 4. Surrounding him were dozens of other activists, assembled to condemn President Michelle Bachelet’s approval...
“TPP es muerte”, read the sign of a man protesting in front of La Moneda, Chile’s presidential palace, on the afternoon of February 4. Surrounding him were dozens of other activists, assembled to condemn President Michelle Bachelet’s approval...
In 2006, a teenage girl in Saudi Arabia was blackmailed, held at knife point and gang raped by seven Saudi men. As a response to this abhorrent crime, the country’s Sharia Court issued its judicial punishment for the offender: 90 lashes for the wom...
In 2006, a teenage girl in Saudi Arabia was blackmailed, held at knife point and gang raped by seven Saudi men. As a response to this abhorrent crime, the country’s Sharia Court issued its judicial punishment for the offender: 90 lashes for the wom...