What’s Behind Spain’s About-Face on Western Sahara?
March 20, 2023 | Western Sahara’s former colonizer has shifted toward effectively recognizing Morocco’s illegal occupation of the territory.
Articles by Giorgio Cafiero
Legacies of the Srebrenica Killings and Bosnia’s Fragile Peace
June 22, 2022 | As the world watches Ukraine, Bosniaks worry their Bosnian Serb neighbors are preparing for war — and they may get help from Moscow.
Book Review: Dissidents of the International Left
November 23, 2020 | A book of interviews with progressives from all over the world challenges received notions, tackles complex questions, and explains what solidarity really means.
Baghdadi Is Alive — and so is the ISIS Narrative
May 1, 2019 | The group's caliphate may be crumbled, but the political conditions that gave rise to it haven't improved at all.
Saudi Arabia Executed a Nonviolent Shiite Cleric. It’s Going to Cost Them Big.
January 5, 2016 | By raising sectarian temperatures throughout the Middle East, the Saudis risk escalating the unaffordable proxy wars they’ve already bogged themselves down in.
While Saudi Arabia Goes to War Abroad, It’s Simmering at Home
July 3, 2015 | To hear Saudi leaders tell it, the kingdom is under constant threat from Iran. But graver threats of their own making lurk at home.
Four Years After Gaddafi, Libya Is a Failed State
April 6, 2015 | Weapons are pouring out of Africa's most oil-rich country while extremist fighters tumble in.
The Death Sentence That Could Inflame Sectarian Tensions Across The Middle East
January 20, 2015 | The fate of one Shi’ite cleric hangs over the Gulf like a sword of Damocles.
The U.S. Just Lost a Client State in West Africa. What Happens Now?
November 7, 2014 | With a U.S.-trained military officer now running Burkina Faso, will Washington press for a democratic transition or legitimize a military coup?
Kingdom of Slaves
September 12, 2014 | In the smallest Gulf kingdoms, upwards of 90 percent of residents are immigrant laborers. Many face unspeakable abuse.