India’s democracy is at grave risk if the government allows the rule by mobs to undermine the rule of law.
India’s Violent Mobs Are a Menace to Minorities — and Democracy
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Asia & Pacific
The World’s Most Dangerous Divide
If nuclear war comes, it will happen because of a calculation or miscalculation by India or Pakistan.
Nuclear Powers Need to Disarm Before It’s Too Late
The world’s major nuclear powers are treaty-bound to move towards disarmament. The India-Pakistan clash underscores the need to get moving.
Why Free Trade is Bad for You (or Most of You at Any Rate)
Free trade is simply a euphemism for the corporate capture of international trade.
Trump’s Bromance with Kim Is Gross, But Let the Love Letters Continue
Despite the failed summit, relations between the U.S. and North Korea are much better than they were 18 months ago.
What War Films Never Show You
I treated wounded GIs from Vietnam. I saw carnage that seldom makes its way into harrowing war stories like “They Shall Not Grow Old.”
Remembering Harris Wofford, Who Dreamed of a ‘United States of the World’
The late U.S. senator from Pennsylvania may have achieved his most visionary legacy as a teenager, when he founded a student movement for world federalism.
China is Flooding the Middle East With Cheap Drones
Throughout the war on terror, the U.S. shattered norms on unmanned execution. Now the technology is spreading throughout the region.
The New Congress Can End Wars and Constrain the ‘Deep State.’ Will It?
Congress ended the Vietnam war, exposed horrific CIA and FBI abuses, and halted them. Where’s that energy now?
The Next US-North Korea Summit
Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un are scheduled to meet again. Here are several reasons to be optimistic about next month’s summit.