What does the Republican Party want with Rand Paul if his extremist constituents feel too betrayed to follow him to its center?
Rand Paul’s Foreign-Policy Flip-Flop Not Likely to Win Him Many Friends
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Democracy & Governance
Could the Yugoslav Wars Have Been Avoided?
In 1990, the large national debt, stagnation, and Serbian nationalism threatened to tear apart the Yugoslav state.
America’s Hydra Problem in the Middle East
ISIS may be more famous for cutting off heads, but it’s Washington that’s learning the hard way not to slash first and ask questions later.
Taiwan’s Sunflower Revolution: One Year Later
As youth movements rise to the fore, Taiwan is undergoing a change of identity.
The 1.5 Million Man March
China has its vanishing girls. North Korea has its disappeared prisoners. And America has a generation of missing, jailed, and dead black men.
Letter to Loretto
Torture whistleblower John Kiriakou bids farewell to incarceration and moves on with his life.
Russia’s Stolen Future
Under increasing pressure from Moscow, Russia’s civil society activists are fleeing the country in alarming numbers.
Poland’s Uncivil Society
When it came to power in Poland, Solidarity liquidated all the citizens’ committees, which were composed of everyone from workers to university professors.
After Baltimore, a Call to Reclaim Mother’s Day
As a mom, it’s my responsibility to demand an end to this cycle of violence, institutionalized racism, and police militarization.
Nigeria’s Youth Factor
Nearly half of Nigeria’s population is between 15 and 34. Those young people were key to the peaceful transition of power in Africa’s most populous country.