Now that they’ve stalled immigration reform, Republicans have further alienated Latino voters with their callous treatment of child migrants.
U.S. Republicans Get a “Red Card” on Immigration
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Democracy & Governance
Obama: Be War-Weary, Not World-Weary
How the Obama administration can make good on its stated preference for diplomacy over war.
In Kyrgyzstan Ethnic Hostility Shows Few Signs of Abating
The underlying issues that led to violence in Kyrgyzstan four years ago remain.
East Germany’s Stasi a Quarter Century After It Was Dissolved
Reporter David Crawford exposed the Stasi’s real estate assets, pensions, and the names of its agents working undercover.
U.S. Forces: Stay Out of Iraq
Iraq’s problems are in large part the result of recent disasters–like the U.S. invasion and the Syrian civil war–not ancient grievances.
Maliki Big Loser in the Blame Game
However vindictive and mule-headed, Prime Minister Maliki doesn’t deserve all the blame for the success of ISIS in Iraq.
To Die For
On the outskirts of Europe people are literally dying to get in, while the core members of the EU are having second thoughts.
ISIS’ New Caliphate and Christ’s Kingdom of God
Were Christ and his followers early jihadists?
ISIS: The Spoils of the “Great Loot” in the Middle East
Adding yet more warfare to the current crisis in the Middle East will perpetuate exactly what the imperial powers set out to do: tear an entire region of the world asunder.
How John Maynard Keynes Can Save the Arab Spring
With secular autocrats and rigid Islamists equally discredited in the Arab world, the space is wide open for progressive democrats to save the Arab spring.