All Commentaries

U.S. ‘Counterterrorism’ in Africa Has Failed. What’s the Alternative?

Escalating U.S. interventions have led to more extremist violence on the continent, not less.

Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter helped right-wing populists take power. Can they now help rein them in?

The United States is a mass-killing machine.

In South Korea’s capital, voters chose a new mayor who doesn’t care about a major problem: air pollution.

The Biden administration is ignoring protest movements in India to support a right-wing nationalist government against China.

The Biden administration lifted sanctions against the International Criminal Court. It’s not enough.

The factors that drive displacement are often complex, but welcoming refugees isn’t.

Are sanctions or quiet engagement the best method of restoring democracy in the Southeast Asian country?

Withdrawing several thousand U.S. troops from Afghanistan is just the tip of the iceberg.

Why are desperate refugees turning up on the U.S. border? Because we have offloaded the costs of the drug war on Latin America.