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Enrique Pena Nieto and Mexico’s Drug War Opening

by Taylor Dibbert | Dec 4, 2012

On December 1, Enrique Peña Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) assumed the Mexican presidency amid a flurry of protests against the party, whose previous 70-year rule defined the country’s authoritarian past. Yet it’s difficult to imagine that the new president’s term could be worse than the unmitigated disaster of his predecessor’s, which was marked by a dramatic militarization of Mexico’s drug war, widespread human rights abuses, and tens of thousands of deaths.

Burma’s Buddhists Determined to De-romanticize Buddhism for West

by Russ Wellen | Dec 4, 2012

Even the most peaceful of religions produces violence.

The U.S. and Central & South Asia: Four More Years

by Conn Hallinan | Dec 3, 2012

It is time to bring the 21st century’s version of “the Great Game” to an end.

Hamas Helped, Israel Handicapped by Threats to Their Respective Publics

by Ibrahim Kazerooni | Nov 30, 2012

Fundamental differences exists between Hamas in Gaza in 2012 compared to 2008.

Endangering Women Human Rights Defenders

by Christine Ahn, Erika Guevara-Rosas | Nov 29, 2012

While a significant chunk of USAID spending goes to education and health programs, pockets of aid enlarge the already bloated military budgets of recipient governments. The result: less security and more violence against women, particularly women human rights defenders.

The U.S. and Africa: The Next Four Years

by Conn Hallinan | Nov 26, 2012

Just two countries — South Africa and Nigeria — currently account for over 33 percent of the continent’s economic output.

Once Again, Israel Comes Out on the Short End Politically of a Military Offensive

by Rob Prince | Nov 24, 2012

Hasn’t the time come to admit that military solutions have run their course?

U.S. Using Bad Info for Drone Strikes Like It Did for Detainees

by Russ Wellen | Nov 23, 2012

One would think that, by this point in history, the military and intelligence agencies would be alert to manipulation by indigenous peoples.

American Jews Still Reject Zionism at Their Own Risk

by Luke Hiken | Nov 22, 2012

American Jews who reject Zionism are outcasts in the established Jewish communities.

Down with Drone War Silence

by Fouad Pervez | Nov 21, 2012

While Malala Yousafzai bravery deserved the attention it received, it lies in stark contrast to the many other innocent victims of political violence in Pakistan. Indeed, the Drone War continues with hardly a mention in the U.S. media. It is not hard to imagine that if Malala lived in a different village, she could just as well have been killed by a Predator drone as by the Taliban—and we’d know nothing about her courage.