Saudi Arabia’s apparent assassination of Jamal Khashoggi might have taken inspiration from Russia and North Korea — or Israel and the United States.
Assassins Without Borders
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Democracy & Governance
Why Is the Radical Right Still Winning?
What that Protestant Reformation can teach us about the durability of far-right movements — and the order they seek to replace.
Do Bullies Always Win?
Trump’s bullying worked with Canada, has half-worked with Iran and North Korea, but has had nothing but malign impact on Israeli-Palestinian relations.
Sieg Heil Deja Vu? Understanding the Global Rise of the Extreme Right
The far right is on the rise from North America to Europe to Asia. Each case is different, but they share key similarities — and require similar responses.
Trump’s New (Non-Democratic) Normal
What happens when the adults in the room are scarier than the crying baby?
There’s a New Crash Coming
Skyrocketing debt, Wall Street deregulation, a fraying social safety net, and a diminished dollar could soon leave the United States looking like Greece.
Parsing the UK’s Anti-Semitism Debate
In a nakedly political move, Jeremy Corbyn’s right-wing critics are painting the lifelong anti-racist’s criticism of Israel as anti-Semitic.
Crisis After Crisis: 10 Years After the Crash, There’s No ‘Reforming’ Global Capitalism
The real battle is now between two post-globalization camps: democratic socialists… and fascists.
How the Next Presidential Candidate Can Defeat Trump
It’s never too early to come up with an agenda for 2020.
An International Court Is Investigating the U.S. and U.K’s Mass Expulsion of Indigenous Islanders
Long ignored by the media, the people of Chagos struggle relentlessly to reclaim islands that the U.S. and U.K. stole for a military base.