What is there to say to a man who has traversed such a world, whose hands and eyes have betrayed him?
Poem: Why I Don’t Mention Flowers
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Europe & Central Asia
The New Wave of NGOs in Slovakia and East-Central Europe
The new NGOs are designed to both provide direct service and to put pressure on the increasingly authoritarian Slovakian government.
Poem: Infinite Regress of War
Sepulchre of repeated images / Won’t someone shatter the pure reflection of glass?
Nepal’s Disputed Election: Managing Pandora’s Box
After a contentious and disputed election, Nepal’s centrist parties are struggling to reach an accord with the Maoists who helped bring down the country’s monarchy.
Overpopulation Makes a Mockery of Citizenship
“Countdown” by Alan Weisman: required reading for earthlings.
Reasons To Be Cheerful
Before we get cynical about 2014, let’s recount the good news from 2013: declining U.S. militarism, a resurgence of diplomacy, and a more forceful global discussion about inequality.
German Resistance: A Matter of Principle
German Parliament member Reinhard Weisshuhn, once an East German dissident, seeks to provide an infusion of human rights into current German politics.
Ten Good Things about 2013
2013 had its fair share of bad news, but it was also a year of extraordinary activism.
To Washington, Turkey’s Prime Minister Erdogan Has Gone Off the Reservation
Recep Tayyio Erdogan’s political instincts seem to have deserted him.
Beta Testing Drones on Unwitting Subjects
Civilians are the innocent victims of U.S. use of an unproven technology ― drones.