All Commentaries
Ecuador: All You Need Is Love…And Oil?
Ecuador is marketing its lush rainforest to North American tourists. But there won’t be much left if it drills for oil there.
Cambodia’s Remarkable Journey
Amazingly, Cambodia’s transition out of rule by the Khmer Rouge, its long civil war, and its descent into electoral authoritarianism have all been guided by one man. A new book looks at his legacy.
Drone Strikes and the Sanitization of Violence
As the U.S. drone war flares up again in Yemen, a distressingly familiar pattern is playing out.
Europe Gets up off the Mat to Battle Austerity
Left organizations from all over Europe met in Barcelona to draw up a plan to battle the forces of austerity.
5 Reasons Congress Should Reject Obama’s ISIS War
The Obama administration wants a rubber stamp on its unwise, unlimited, and unauthorized new war in the Middle East. It shouldn’t get it.
ISIS Unites the World
There’s no better time for Sunni and Shia to sit down together and address not just ISIS but the injustice, intolerance, and inequality that birthed it.
Stephen Walt Ventures Into the Taboo, Calls for Appeasement in Ukraine
According to Stephen Walt, insecurity, not the urge to expand, is behind Russia’s actions in Ukraine.
What We Get Wrong about Religious Violence
Ignoring religion’s role in radicalization means we’re not attending to the needs of those most at risk of joining extremist groups.
Argentina’s Tangled Web
The death of Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman was certainly suspicious. But that doesn’t prove a thing about his charges against Iran.
Do International Financial Institutions Have a Vested Interest in Keeping the World’s Impoverished Ill?
The shameful consequences for public healthcare when structural adjustment rears its ugly head.