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...
A blue passport can get you far. The leatherbound booklet denotes association with the ‘New World’ and grants access to an unprecedentedly high degree of global mobility and embassy protection — unless the passport reads “Republique D’H...
In February 2025, Taiwan’s coast guard noticed something unusual in the Taiwan Strait. A Togolese-flagged cargo ship, the Hong Tai 58, had slowed near a submarine cable route connecting Taiwan to the Penghu Islands. Officers repeatedly attempted to...
“Families are always rising and falling in America,” Nathaniel Hawthorne observed, and the same is true of nations. Their economies emerge and retract, develop and decline, and while, as investor Jimmy Rogers writes, “the 19th century bel...
“Families are always rising and falling in America,” Nathaniel Hawthorne observed, and the same is true of nations. Their economies emerge and retract, develop and decline, and while, as investor Jimmy Rogers writes, “the 19th century bel...
Having a rough semester? Providence weather got you down? Worried about job prospects, the dire state of your love life, your thesis advisor’s expectations (not to mention those of your parents)? Well, I’ve got good news for you: today you don’...
Having a rough semester? Providence weather got you down? Worried about job prospects, the dire state of your love life, your thesis advisor’s expectations (not to mention those of your parents)? Well, I’ve got good news for you: today you don’...
As the sixteenth round of negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) closed in Singapore last week, it is time to examine the nature of the proposed free trade agreement. The TPP, if instituted, would be a major expansion of the 2005 P4 ag...
As the sixteenth round of negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) closed in Singapore last week, it is time to examine the nature of the proposed free trade agreement. The TPP, if instituted, would be a major expansion of the 2005 P4 ag...
Pedro Casaldáliga. In September 2011, two friends and I took a twenty-six hour bus ride through the dirt roads linking Brasília to São Félix do Araguaia, a small town bordering the Amazon region of northern Mato Grosso. We went there to meet Pedr...
Pedro Casaldáliga. In September 2011, two friends and I took a twenty-six hour bus ride through the dirt roads linking Brasília to São Félix do Araguaia, a small town bordering the Amazon region of northern Mato Grosso. We went there to meet Pedr...
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...