Conn Hallinan remembers Carl Bloice—an FPIF columnist, longtime journalist, and lifetime advocate for the dispossessed.
Goodbye, Carl Bloice
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Democracy & Governance
Why Iran Doesn’t Trust the International Community
International law expert Reza Nasri explains Iran’s distrust of international media, institutions, and NGOs.
U.S. and Saudi Arabia: A Loveless Marriage
It’s time for the United States and Saudi Arabia to make a clean break.
Sunshine State Thaws U.S.-Cuba Relations
A majority of Floridians now favor thawing U.S. relations with Cuba. Will Washington follow?
Free Alan Gross—and the Cuban Five!
If the U.S. wants Cuba to release USAID contractor Alan Gross, it should give up its own political prisoners from Cuba.
German Activism: Bridging the East-West Divide
Twenty years ago, the West German Greens and the East German citizen movements created a political alliance that continues to this day.
It’s Our Party
Iranians have a sovereign right to choose whomever they want to represent them at the UN, just as Texans have the right to choose whatever Ivy League meathead they want to represent them in Congress.
A Dove Heads up Hawkish NATO
NATO’s next secretary general is the first with anti-war credentials. Can he negotiate NATO reforms amid an increasingly tense security climate?
Continental Drift: Europe’s Breakaways
Borders in Europe may appear immutable, but of course they are not.
America’s Homegrown Terror
Plagued by poor infrastructure, climate denialism, and a patchwork of unregulated fracking wells and nuclear waste sites, the U.S. is poised to topple itself with self-inflicted wounds.