No U.S. administration in the past 17 years has deigned it important enough to press either Algeria or France to investigate.
Algeria’s Trappist Monk Massacre: The Case That Won’t Go Away
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Europe & Central Asia
U.S. Tactical Nuclear Weapons More an Irritant Than Deterrent
Tactical nuclear weapons can only further complicate Pakistan-India relations.
Germans Shocked That Obama Allowed NSA Free Rein
The NSA’s access to data clouds in Europe is news to most Europeans.
Russia and China Fail to Meet Minimum Standards in Human Trafficking
As a consequence, the U.S. could theoretically withdraw non-humanitarian and non-trade aid.
Finding a Normal Path in Serbia
The vast majority will not likely return to where they once lived.
Republicans Perpetuate Myths About Missile Defense to Keep Cold War Alive
Missile defense hasn’t outlived its usefulness because it never had any.
Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Pieces (6/13)
Emphasis, as always, added.
From the Spanish Civil War to Syria: Parceling Out Truth Subverts Justice
All of us practice a partial vision some extent.
When Will the Dirty Wars End?
Jeremy Scahill’s Dirty Wars details the growing use of extrajudicial assassinations by the U.S. executive branch to strike at targets around the planet, without any declaration of war or meaningful congressional oversight. And it documents the human toll of such unchecked power by featuring some of the innocent victims of this global war.
Slovenia and Bulgaria: a Tale of Two Reforms
Slovenia has virtually vaulted into Western Europe while Bulgaria has remained behind the informal Iron Curtain that continues to divide the developed from the developing parts of the region.