It is impossible to be bored on Año Viejo (New Year’s Eve) in Ecuador’s capital city. The country blends rich traditions typical of many Latin American countries — like eating las doce uvas de la suerte, twelve grapes each bestowed with a wish...
The 1946 Tokyo War Crimes Trials, carried out by the Allied powers during postwar occupation, marked one of the first attempts to reckon with the atrocities committed by the Japanese Army during the Second World War. 28 men, many of whom were archite...
Under the cover of night, small boats depart from the Libyan coastline, headed toward sanctuary in Italy. Packed onto rickety vessels and often bought and traded by armed gangs, thousands of migrants and refugees face grueling challenges on the...
In early June, a nation-wide rallying cry for the reassertion of democracy in Turkey was sparked by Prime Minister Erdogan’s autocratic tactics: cracking down on the press, stifling legitimate political opposition, imposing building projects and mo...
In early June, a nation-wide rallying cry for the reassertion of democracy in Turkey was sparked by Prime Minister Erdogan’s autocratic tactics: cracking down on the press, stifling legitimate political opposition, imposing building projects and mo...
Confused by the events in Egypt? This is not altogether a bad thing. Confusion is a symptom of the acceptance of nuance. It’s taken Americans a long time to emerge from the Cold War mindset, where foreign policy wasn’t very nuanced an...
Confused by the events in Egypt? This is not altogether a bad thing. Confusion is a symptom of the acceptance of nuance. It’s taken Americans a long time to emerge from the Cold War mindset, where foreign policy wasn’t very nuanced an...
“Gentlemen do not read others’ mail.” –Henry L. Stimson. “One might expect Europeans to protest loudly — if only to appease their offended publics — but then revert to type and do little concrete in response. After all, America&...
“Gentlemen do not read others’ mail.” –Henry L. Stimson. “One might expect Europeans to protest loudly — if only to appease their offended publics — but then revert to type and do little concrete in response. After all, America&...
It began in a small park in Istanbul and very well might end in Brussels. Turkey’s protestors are now nearly silent after a month of abuse at the hands of riot police, their revolutionary spirit seemingly moved across the Atlantic to Brazil. Their ...
It began in a small park in Istanbul and very well might end in Brussels. Turkey’s protestors are now nearly silent after a month of abuse at the hands of riot police, their revolutionary spirit seemingly moved across the Atlantic to Brazil. Their ...
The crisis you almost forgot is still there. The violence in Syria is suddenly halfway through its third year, with no end in sight. With depressing predictability, the conflagration has eluded our moral sensibility not by concealment but standing in...
The crisis you almost forgot is still there. The violence in Syria is suddenly halfway through its third year, with no end in sight. With depressing predictability, the conflagration has eluded our moral sensibility not by concealment but standing in...
“The Department of Defense has reached unprecedented levels of cooperation with the Jordanian armed forces…We have done that in light of what’s happening in Syria.” — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, August 2012 As a result of the civil...
“The Department of Defense has reached unprecedented levels of cooperation with the Jordanian armed forces…We have done that in light of what’s happening in Syria.” — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, August 2012 As a result of the civil...
Oppressive regimes are not known for their tendency toward democratic reform. They are characterized by repression, the imprisonment of political opponents and the concentration of power in the hands of a few, and the longer they remain in command, t...
Oppressive regimes are not known for their tendency toward democratic reform. They are characterized by repression, the imprisonment of political opponents and the concentration of power in the hands of a few, and the longer they remain in command, t...
by Meghan Koushik Afghan history brings to life George Santayana’s maxim: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” For the last two centuries the nation has witnessed a stream of failed occupations by foreign invaders wh...
by Meghan Koushik Afghan history brings to life George Santayana’s maxim: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” For the last two centuries the nation has witnessed a stream of failed occupations by foreign invaders wh...
by Joaquim Salles Soccer, beaches, carnival, scantily clad women. Clichés and stereotypes inevitably arise when talking about Brazil. Chief among them is the myth of the jeitinho brasileiro, or the “Brazilian way”: the informal and street-smart ...
by Joaquim Salles Soccer, beaches, carnival, scantily clad women. Clichés and stereotypes inevitably arise when talking about Brazil. Chief among them is the myth of the jeitinho brasileiro, or the “Brazilian way”: the informal and street-smart ...
by Gae Emilio Leanza Maharashtra, like the rest of “rising” India, is full of contradictions. Home to 111 million, it ranks second only to Uttar Pradesh as India’s most populous state. Maharashtra has two very different symbolic capitals within...
by Gae Emilio Leanza Maharashtra, like the rest of “rising” India, is full of contradictions. Home to 111 million, it ranks second only to Uttar Pradesh as India’s most populous state. Maharashtra has two very different symbolic capitals within...
Fifty-six days ago, Hugo Chavez died in a Caracas hospital. There were tributes. like this one from former Brazilian president Lula da Silva. There was a passive-aggressive comment from the White House. There was unwarranted vitriol from some of...
Fifty-six days ago, Hugo Chavez died in a Caracas hospital. There were tributes. like this one from former Brazilian president Lula da Silva. There was a passive-aggressive comment from the White House. There was unwarranted vitriol from some of...
Barring any major constitutional changes over the next several months, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will soon be forced to step down as the president of Iran. For the past eight years, Ahmadinejad has been viewed through countless lenses: champion of the poor...
Barring any major constitutional changes over the next several months, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will soon be forced to step down as the president of Iran. For the past eight years, Ahmadinejad has been viewed through countless lenses: champion of the poor...