“Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where w...
Greenland is an island mired in inconsistencies and ironies. It is named after a color, yet its tundra is a bleak white. It is the largest island in the world, a landmass three times the size of Texas, yet only 60,000 people call it home. While gigan...
When Americans are presented with the word “coca,” their mind likely jumps to cocaine. In fact, the two are often conflated as one and the same: a dangerous drug banned by law and whose production and sale are subject to intense criminal regulati...
In discussing the Middle East, media outlets and political pundits alike can’t seem to avoid lame catchphrases, which reduce the complex political developments in the region to a narrative palatable enough for the average Joe. In 2011, it was &...
In discussing the Middle East, media outlets and political pundits alike can’t seem to avoid lame catchphrases, which reduce the complex political developments in the region to a narrative palatable enough for the average Joe. In 2011, it was &...
A response to “Nuclear Iran, Safer World” by Omar Ben Halim by Katherine Long While I agree with Mr. Omar Ben Halim that a nuclear Iran could be capable of balancing Israeli power and lead to a more stable Middle East (“Nuclear Iran, Safer Worl...
A response to “Nuclear Iran, Safer World” by Omar Ben Halim by Katherine Long While I agree with Mr. Omar Ben Halim that a nuclear Iran could be capable of balancing Israeli power and lead to a more stable Middle East (“Nuclear Iran, Safer Worl...
As the Latin American Caesar lay dying, his trusted triumvirate kept up its bedside vigil. For over a year and a half the political powerbrokers of a post-Chávez Venezuela often left behind the business of the state to attend to their Comandante-in-...
As the Latin American Caesar lay dying, his trusted triumvirate kept up its bedside vigil. For over a year and a half the political powerbrokers of a post-Chávez Venezuela often left behind the business of the state to attend to their Comandante-in-...
Modern Brazil is a country defined by its optimism. Marked by a history of prosperous booms and repressive regimes, the country has often found itself at the doorstep of political and economic prosperity, just to be dragged back down by a coup or mar...
Modern Brazil is a country defined by its optimism. Marked by a history of prosperous booms and repressive regimes, the country has often found itself at the doorstep of political and economic prosperity, just to be dragged back down by a coup or mar...
Uranium. Campaign checks. Oil. What’s really going on in Mali. France is at war. At the time of writing, 4,000 French soldiers are deployed in Azawad, the northern half of Mali, fighting a combination of Islamist and separatist insurgents who t...
Uranium. Campaign checks. Oil. What’s really going on in Mali. France is at war. At the time of writing, 4,000 French soldiers are deployed in Azawad, the northern half of Mali, fighting a combination of Islamist and separatist insurgents who t...
How an election became a contest for Korea’s past as well as its future. by Woojeong Jang On December 19, 2012, South Korea held its eighteenth presidential election. As a result, Park Geun-hye became the first female president in Korean history. S...
How an election became a contest for Korea’s past as well as its future. by Woojeong Jang On December 19, 2012, South Korea held its eighteenth presidential election. As a result, Park Geun-hye became the first female president in Korean history. S...
Women’s rights in India needs a new model for action. by David Adler I used to travel two hours a day on the Delhi metro to go to university. In the fluorescent frankness of public transportation, conditions of gender violence are impossible to i...
Women’s rights in India needs a new model for action. by David Adler I used to travel two hours a day on the Delhi metro to go to university. In the fluorescent frankness of public transportation, conditions of gender violence are impossible to i...
In my last article, I concluded that the Egyptian Preamble does not address the problem of sovereign immunity. I did not explain, however, why that problem is interesting in the first place. One could argue that Egypt today struggles with problems mu...
In my last article, I concluded that the Egyptian Preamble does not address the problem of sovereign immunity. I did not explain, however, why that problem is interesting in the first place. One could argue that Egypt today struggles with problems mu...
This week, I originally planned to write of a new and recent phenomenon, the assumption of China as the globe’s leading importer of oil, a heavy title the U.S. has carried for nearly the past forty years. The implications of this shift can and ...
This week, I originally planned to write of a new and recent phenomenon, the assumption of China as the globe’s leading importer of oil, a heavy title the U.S. has carried for nearly the past forty years. The implications of this shift can and ...
It is no secret that revolution, successful or otherwise, rarely produces results as glorious as initially imagined. For example, the world has seen its expectations dashed time and time again in the so-called “Arab Spring” countries, whi...
It is no secret that revolution, successful or otherwise, rarely produces results as glorious as initially imagined. For example, the world has seen its expectations dashed time and time again in the so-called “Arab Spring” countries, whi...
In his recent column on the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands dispute between China and Japan, Carter Johnson raises several interesting points. I agree with most of them, and after reading the article I found myself thinking on a historical analogy of the conf...
In his recent column on the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands dispute between China and Japan, Carter Johnson raises several interesting points. I agree with most of them, and after reading the article I found myself thinking on a historical analogy of the conf...
For the next few weeks, I am planning to be writing on the Egyptian Constitution. Today, I begin with the starting words of the Preamble. The Egyptian Preamble starts the same way as the American one: We the People. In the United States, there is ove...
For the next few weeks, I am planning to be writing on the Egyptian Constitution. Today, I begin with the starting words of the Preamble. The Egyptian Preamble starts the same way as the American one: We the People. In the United States, there is ove...