In an obscure World Bank court, a multinational mining firm is suing El Salvador for attempting to protect its citizens from deadly mining pollution.
Meet the Company Suing El Salvador for the Right to Poison Its Water
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Democracy & Governance
Divorce, European Style
As Scotland considers an amicable split from the UK, messy divorce proceedings in Ukraine are convincing another unhappy family—NATO—to stick together.
AFRICOM-Lite: The Obama Administration’s Security Governance Initiative for Africa
SGI can be viewed as a counter-insurgency program whose goal is to strengthen economic development by strengthening security.
The Plague
The twin plagues of ISIS and Ebola thrive on the breakdown of the existing order.
Did the U.S. Capitalize on the Murder of Pakistani Journalist Shahzad?
Did the CIA accept information obtained from a journalist tortured to death?
From Gaza to Ferguson: Exposing the Toolbox of Racist Repression
Mass incarceration and militarized police forces are two of the most potent tools in a panoply of repressive instruments of power used by Israel and the U.S.
The U.S. Is Deporting Cambodian Refugees and Orphaning Their Children
In the United States, whose bombing of Cambodia paved the way for the Khmer Rouge, many refugees now face the prospect of deportation under a draconian U.S. immigration regime.
One Nation Under SWAT
The Pentagon is distributing weaponry and equipment made for U.S. counterinsurgency campaigns abroad to police who patrol American streets.
The U.S. Is Still Funding Oppression in Egypt
It’s been a year since the Egyptian military committed the worst massacre in modern Egypt’s history. Why does the U.S. continue to fund it?
Rise of ISIS Downfall of Maliki
Iraq Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has driven Sunnis into the arms of ISIS.