No U.S. administration in the past 17 years has deigned it important enough to press either Algeria or France to investigate.
Algeria’s Trappist Monk Massacre: The Case That Won’t Go Away
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Human Rights
Human Rights from the Ground Up: Women and the Egyptian Revolution
Amid ongoing battles over the shape of political systems in the Arab world, intense sexual violence against women in those countries, and protest movements by women fighting for their rights, advancing the causes of Arab women is of utmost importance. But it’s not just a matter of laws of culture. Central to understanding violence against women is understanding state violence, political exclusion, and poverty.
Germans Shocked That Obama Allowed NSA Free Rein
The NSA’s access to data clouds in Europe is news to most Europeans.
Surveillance State Is Only New to Whites
The surveillance state stops being okay when it goes from racist to all-encompassing.
“World War Z”: Israel’s Best Foot Forward?
A pivotal scene set in Jerusalem lends itself to different interpretations.
Russia and China Fail to Meet Minimum Standards in Human Trafficking
As a consequence, the U.S. could theoretically withdraw non-humanitarian and non-trade aid.
The Empire’s New Clothes: “Humanitarian Intervention” Stripped Bare
Significant segments of the U.S. public are not falling for this ploy.
The Oxygen Trade: Leaving Hondurans Gasping for Air
The carbon trade doesn’t just fail to address climate change. In countries like Honduras, it fuels a perverse incentive structure by funneling cash to notorious human rights abusers engaged in extractive industries.
Has Intervention by the United States Become, by Definition, a Mistake?
To caring citizens of the world, the helplessness of watching a people suffer is a form of torture.
Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Pieces (6/13)
Emphasis, as always, added.