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.
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Democracy & Governance
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.
It’s Not Just Uganda: Behind the Christian Right’s Onslaught in Africa
For years now, evangelical activists from the United States have been speaking out against homosexuality and cheering on antigay legislation all over Africa.
One Year of Resistance in Rio Blanco
Despite U.S.-backed violence against them, indigenous communities are fighting back as multinational corporations encroach on their lands.
Introspective in Israel: On Zionism’s Legacy and Its Future
New books by Ari Shavit and Ilan Pappe offer competing but valuable reexaminations of Israel’s history and the future of peace in the Middle East.
Art and Activism at the Global Intersections: A Dialogue with Shailja Patel
A conversation with poet-activist Shailja Patel about art, identity, and Kenya’s ICC Witness Project.
The Kunming Attack and China’s Uighur Politics
In the wake of the Kunming attack, experts expect the Chinese government to crack down hard on Uighurs and anyone sympathetic to them.
More Cuba Hypocrisy in the U.S. Senate
The Senate’s leading Cuba hawks place the island–which they have never visited–at the center of every U.S. policy question on Latin America.