Uranium Neo-colonialism in Mongolia: Crime but No Punishment
Environmentalists square off against a French mining company.
The Disappearance of Palestine?
International support for a Palestinian state has never been stronger, but the territory that could be included in such a state is disappearing like sand in an hourglass.
Afghanistan’s Institutionalized Silence and the Cost of Inaction
Children are denied education, women are barred from work, and minorities live under constant threat.
Trump Doesn’t Understand How Power Works in Iraq
The problem is not Nouri al-Maliki.
What Iran Teaches Us About Minneapolis
This is what the possibility of war is like for an Iranian-American.
What Do Minnesota and Venezuela Have in Common?
The governing logic of the Trump administration increasingly treats both Democratic-controlled U.S. states and neighboring countries as spaces requiring imperial pacification rather than democratic self-rule.
On the Road to Nuclear War
There’s still time to turn back.
Washington’s Power Recalibration in the Indo-Pacific
The American gaze has shifted inward, leaving the “Indo” part of the Indo-Pacific to seek its own equilibrium.
Bangladesh in Search of a Leader
Tarique Rahman is the frontrunner. What are the reasons for his popularity?
The U.S. Neocolonial Binge in the Compact States
Worried about Greenland? Consider U.S. actions in Palau, the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia.
When Protest Becomes Foreign Policy
Solidarity spoken from afar is never neutral, and the costs of its consequences are rarely borne by those who speak the loudest.
Trump Delivers Lunch to Beijing
China is taking advantage of the fact that even the most even-tempered of allies have had it with Trump and his tantrums.
Shooting Protesters from Minneapolis to Tehran
Trump’s denunciations of the Iranian killings ring fatally hollow.
Canada’s Pivot Is a Warning to the United States and the Entire Alliance System
What happens when America’s most integrated ally decides that it can no longer afford the relationship?