The United States should consider taking China up on its four-point peace plan for Syria.
The U.S. and the Middle East: The Next Four Years
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Democracy & Governance
Protecting Whistleblowers at the UN
The United Nations promotes the rule of law around the world, especially in its peacekeeping missions. But while the UN advocates for frameworks through which people, institutions, and nations are held accountable under laws that meet human rights standards, a new study has found that it needs to do more to uphold the rule of law effectively within the organization itself.
Benghazi: Conservative Concerns May Be Reality Based for Once
No consulate or embassy is designed to withstand an all-out attack.
Once More Into the Breach for the “Savior of Pakistan”
A.Q. Khan fancies himself Pakistan’s Mandela.
The Surrealism of the Everyday in Serbia
Serbian political cartoonist Aleksandar Zograf digs into the substratum of human experience, what lies beneath consciousness.
For President, Focal Points (Not FPIF or IPS!) Endorses…
Is refusing to vote for President Obama a waste of your vote?
What Happened to Europe?
Back in 1990, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the countries of East-Central Europe all had a common vision. After half a century yoked to the Soviet Union, the people of this region saw membership in the common European home as a guarantee of democratic governance, economic prosperity, and social stability. Twenty years later, membership in the European Union comes with no guarantees.
The Idea of Europe
“Euroskepticism” has crept into the hearts of eastern Europeans.
Obama Administration May, in Fact, Have Let Its Guard Down on Benghazi
The response of Libya to the Benghazi attacks provide hope that it may be capable of controlling the militias in the end.
Japan’s Right Seeks to Leverage Islands Dispute With China Into a Nuclear-Arms Program
Japan’s right-wing is trying to make the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands dispute an example of why Japan needs nuclear weapons.