Because of the instability, scores of Central Africans have fled to surrounding countries for safety.
Deposed Central African Republic President Bozize’s Loyalists Not Going Quietly
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Human Rights
Tunisia and the IMF: Ennahda’s Mana From Washington (Part Two)
News reports suggest that Tunisia and the IMF are close to coming to terms over a $1.78 billion loan.
Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Pieces (4/18)
Emphasis, as always, added.
Bands Like Laibach a Powerful Amplifier of Former Yugoslav Social Discontent
Rock music substituted for the absence of political and social criticism.
A Legacy of Rogues in Afghanistan
Faced with an impending withdrawal deadline and ineffectual Afghan security units, U.S. planners have pitched the Afghan Local Police (ALP) program as an affordable short-term fix to fill the country’s security vacuum. Yet despite some success in achieving security gains, ALP units have been accused of committing serious human rights abuses against local populations with apparent impunity.
Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Pieces (4/12)
From WWII to Afghanistan, and the Iron Lady.
Our Osmotic Border
In the U.S. immigration debate, we have thus far focused our attention on the symptom—Mexicans crossing the semi-permeable barrier into the United States—and treated the crossing itself as the problem to be solved. In other words, policy makers have been preoccupied with figuring out how to make the border less permeable. But this is a fool’s errand. It’s time to start looking at the pressures that drive unidirectional movement instead of at the symptom.
Did the Israeli Prison System Claim Another Palestinian Victim?
Who will be the next victim of the Israeli prison system?
Bulgaria’s Podkrepa Made the Same Mistake as Solidarity
Workers in Bulgaria have more freedom, but with a price.
Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Pieces (4/8)
From a Department of Homeland Security armed to the teeth to a dubious Nobel Peace Prize.