By mislabelling the radical members of the Republican Party “conservative,” the mainstream media gives them a veneer of respectability.
Decentralization Could Reduce Conflict in Postwar Afghanistan
The country’s 2004 constitution permits significant local control. Actually practicing it could protect women and minorities in the event of a Taliban takeover in Kabul.
Can the Dutch Mix Red and Green?
Is the growing cooperation between the Labor Party and the GreenLeft in the Netherlands a model that the European left can follow?
Immigrants to the Rescue
For countries facing a demographic crisis, immigrants are the answer.
Fascism’s Global Spread is Real — As Real as the Spread of COVID-19
In the world’s largest democracies, far-right movements that embrace violence, reject democracy, and target the vulnerable are on the rise.
The Hidden Costs of Racist Immigration Policies
Outsourcing migration control to authoritarian regimes has proven costly, insidious, and common for Global North governments.
America Hacks Itself
The Cold War has already turned hot — on the Internet.
Biden Promised Diplomacy. So Why Is He Still Listening to ‘the Blob’?
Unforced errors have set back the Biden administration’s diplomacy with Afghanistan, Iran, Russia, and China.
Afghanistan’s Green Future?
Can Afghanistan’s mineral wealth finance a transition to a carbon-neutral future?
U.S. Joins Past Empires In the Afghan Graveyard
President Biden announced a removal of all U.S. troops by September 11, but he failed to include some important details.