Sympathy for a state’s past should not color current policy.
U.S. Guilt Over Rwanda Will Only Lead to More Guilt
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Human Rights
The Oracle of Belgrade
Now, Sonja Licht is worried about the future not just of the Balkans, but of the entire continent.
President Obama Stands Poised to Reward Assad’s Biggest Supporter
Russia throws good money after bad at the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Reconnecting the Balkans
Vojko Volk, Slovenia’s ambassador to Croatia, speaks about the challenges that Slovenia currently faces, especially economic.
“Non-Member Observer Status” a Hollow Victory for Abbas
The vote exposed the Palestinian Authority’s failure to address the continuing statelessness of its people.
Y-12 Activists May Be Barred From Bringing up the Morality of Nukes at Their Trial
Transform Now Plowshares Three’s efforts were initially devalued because the only kind of soul searching resulting from their actions was about plant security, not the morality of nuclear weapons.
Foiled Coup Against Sudan’s President Bashir Exposes Growing Islamist Dissent
Khartoum’s control is precarious.
Free Elections Encourage in Sierra Leone, But Most Left Behind by Western Development
Voting is generally done by blocs, not by individuals, who benefit from a patronage system that resembles the special interest groups of First World lobbies.
Tunisia’s Labor-Led Siliana Uprising Honors the Memory of Labor Leader Farhat Hached
It was a protest against the government’s fixation with shifting Tunisia in a more religious direction while failing to address its appalling poverty.
Enrique Pena Nieto and Mexico’s Drug War Opening
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.