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...
As a rhetorical tactic, establishing a ‘red line’ is pretty impressive. It displays strength by implying that you know both your current position on an issue, as well as what specific events would affect your actions going forward. And in...
As a rhetorical tactic, establishing a ‘red line’ is pretty impressive. It displays strength by implying that you know both your current position on an issue, as well as what specific events would affect your actions going forward. And in...
“It is our religious duty to kill all Shias… in all of Pakistan, especially Quetta, we will continue our successful jihad against the Shia Hazara and Pakistan will become a graveyard for them.” -A letter of intent circulated by the Lashkar-...
“It is our religious duty to kill all Shias… in all of Pakistan, especially Quetta, we will continue our successful jihad against the Shia Hazara and Pakistan will become a graveyard for them.” -A letter of intent circulated by the Lashkar-...
The story of China’s growth has been the story of its workers. Long discussed in regards to China’s meteoric rise, the millions of blue-collar, migrant workers upon which the bulk of the nation’s productivity has been based have come from the v...
The story of China’s growth has been the story of its workers. Long discussed in regards to China’s meteoric rise, the millions of blue-collar, migrant workers upon which the bulk of the nation’s productivity has been based have come from the v...
Asked who America’s number one foreign enemy is, which country would you answer? If you follow the news, you’d probably say either North Korea or Iran – the former due to their recent propaganda proposing to bomb major American cities, and the ...
Asked who America’s number one foreign enemy is, which country would you answer? If you follow the news, you’d probably say either North Korea or Iran – the former due to their recent propaganda proposing to bomb major American cities, and the ...
No longer can I ignore the imitable elephant in the room. Pyongyang’s various declarations of imminent destruction have become more and more frequent, and so it is with a heavy hand that I write this week of the immense and controversial issue that...
No longer can I ignore the imitable elephant in the room. Pyongyang’s various declarations of imminent destruction have become more and more frequent, and so it is with a heavy hand that I write this week of the immense and controversial issue that...
by J Street U Brown On the heels of President Obama’s first trip to Israel, Secretary of State John Kerry embarked on a ten-day visit to Europe and Asia that included scheduled visits to both Israel and the West Bank. These trips were symbolic of t...
by J Street U Brown On the heels of President Obama’s first trip to Israel, Secretary of State John Kerry embarked on a ten-day visit to Europe and Asia that included scheduled visits to both Israel and the West Bank. These trips were symbolic of t...
The opposition in Syria has reached a crossroads. Contrary to popular belief (and the depressing coverage favored by most Western media), not everything looks black for the rebels trying to overthrow Assad – or at least for the Syrian National ...
The opposition in Syria has reached a crossroads. Contrary to popular belief (and the depressing coverage favored by most Western media), not everything looks black for the rebels trying to overthrow Assad – or at least for the Syrian National ...
Two years ago, chaos broke loose when Syrian protesters began demonstrating their deep discontent with President Bashar al-Assad’s rule. As the next domino to fall in the Arab Spring, Syrians followed Tunisians, Libyans and Egyptians in voicing the...
Two years ago, chaos broke loose when Syrian protesters began demonstrating their deep discontent with President Bashar al-Assad’s rule. As the next domino to fall in the Arab Spring, Syrians followed Tunisians, Libyans and Egyptians in voicing the...
Thatcher Does Not Sow. Margaret Thatcher is dead, and hagiography on the former British Prime Minister—brilliantly interrupted by Ken Loach’s petition to privatize her funeral—has already piled up to stratospheric heights. I would not be surpri...
Thatcher Does Not Sow. Margaret Thatcher is dead, and hagiography on the former British Prime Minister—brilliantly interrupted by Ken Loach’s petition to privatize her funeral—has already piled up to stratospheric heights. I would not be surpri...
by José Francisco Muci Lander Four days after the announcement of President Hugo Chávez’s death on March 5, Tibisay Lucena, head of Venezuela’s electoral authority, called for new elections on April 14. On that day, the late Hugo Chávez’s po...
by José Francisco Muci Lander Four days after the announcement of President Hugo Chávez’s death on March 5, Tibisay Lucena, head of Venezuela’s electoral authority, called for new elections on April 14. On that day, the late Hugo Chávez’s po...
Last week, I wrote of the various problems that plague several of the BRIC nations, which include troubling and skewed demographics in India and Russia and a reliance on export commodities in the latter nation and in Brazil (though my friend and fell...
Last week, I wrote of the various problems that plague several of the BRIC nations, which include troubling and skewed demographics in India and Russia and a reliance on export commodities in the latter nation and in Brazil (though my friend and fell...
More on Argentina and “hotly contested” rocks. Only this time the topic is not news anymore, and it didn’t even capture the headlines while it was. But it’s interesting nevertheless, and also a recurring source of tension between the United K...
More on Argentina and “hotly contested” rocks. Only this time the topic is not news anymore, and it didn’t even capture the headlines while it was. But it’s interesting nevertheless, and also a recurring source of tension between the United K...