All Commentaries
Korean Reunification: The View from the North
An unusual poll reveals what North Koreans are thinking about reunification.
Stephen Walt’s Call to Adopt a Containment Policy Toward the Islamic State
Don’t be surprised to find the Islamic State in the UN one day.
Ecuador Puts Piketty Into Practice
This small South American country is taxing wealthy estates and distributing the proceeds directly to workers.
Gaspar Miklos Tamas: Hungary’s Boomerang Thinker
Hungarian philosopher and political theorist Gaspar Miklos Tamas started out on the Left, moved steadily rightward, and then made an abrupt U-turn.
Deconstructing the Mainstream Narrative About the Saudi War on Yemen
The Saudi attack on Yemen has been a test run for the new Obama Doctrine.
Kids Are Paying the Price for Yemen’s War
The deliberate targeting of schools has become a flashpoint in the war between Yemen’s rebels and a Saudi-led coalition.
Turkey’s AKP Doomed by Poverty, Growing Inequality and Its War on Trade Unions
The percentage of unionized workers in Turkey has fallen from 57.5 in 2003 to just 9.68 percent today.
Obama Does Have a Strategy in Iraq: Escalation
Even as Obama admits there’s no military solution in Iraq, the Pentagon is pouring more U.S. troops and weapons into its floundering war on the Islamic State.
Multiculturalism Saves Turkey
It’s not just liberals that have soured on Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. It’s the country’s often overlooked ethnic minorities.
Saudi Arabia Fixated on Iran When Sunni Extremists Are Real Threat
Saudi Arabia’s perceived need to keep Iran at bay is distracting it from the danger that the Islamic State poses to its regime.