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Our Top 13 from 2013
Our top pieces from 2013 touch on nearly corner of the world.
Hungary’s Relative Income Equality Hides Other Inequities
Hungary’s inequality is manifested in education, health care, transportation, and ― prejudice against Roma.
Pakistan Allows China to Use Karachi as Lab Rats in Nuclear-Energy Experiment
Pakistan has contracted with China to build two nuclear reactors ― except they’re untested.
Foreign Policy Thin-Sliced (12/26)
Show George W. Bush some love.
Is South Sudan a Failed State?
Sudan might have been better off undivided.
Nelson Mandela’s Closest Allies
Though Western leaders now lionize Nelson Mandela, the only leaders who stood up for his struggle when it counted were those most demonized by the West.
Bluster and Blowback in Beirut
Although Hezbollah looks increasingly likely to weather Syria’s civil war, blowback from hardline Sunnis at home may prove a longer-term challenge.
U.S. Determined to Re-freeze Thaw in Relations With Iran
The U.S. is acting in bad faith by levying more sanctions on Iran after it agreed to suspend its uranium enrichment.
NAFTA at 20: State of the North American Farmer
In the United States and throughout North America, NAFTA has accelerated the industrial consolidation of agriculture and pushed out smaller, more sustainable food producers.
Tajikstan President Rahmon Brings Stability, But Not Prosperity
Damning stat: according to the World Bank, in 2011 remittances from abroad constituted a whopping 47% of Tajikstan’s GDP.