Russia may seek serious vengeance on the Islamic State for the possible sabotage of Metrojet Flight 9268.
Will the Paris Climate Talks Deliver the World We Need? Not likely.
Even as governments set climate targets, they’re working hard to expand the extractive global economy with measures that could deepen the climate crisis.
The View from 2050
“Back in my youth, we imagined that lumbering dinosaurs like Russia and China and the European Union would endure regardless of the global convulsions taking place around them.”
Burma: Democracy with an Asterisk?
Burma’s constitution awards a quarter of its parliament to the military. But that’s not Aung San Suu Kyi’s biggest problem by a long shot.
The Road Ends in Djibouti for Some Eritrean Refugees
Thousands of Eritreans are marooned in this desolate corner of the Horn of Africa.
Insights Into the Resistance Movement in Turkey (First in a Series)
After the recent Ankara bombing, a reporter on the Turkish resistance becomes a member.
Bernie Sanders Has America Talking About Denmark. That’s a Good Thing.
If you were looking for a place where democratic socialism appears to be working, you’d be hard pressed to find a better example than Denmark.
Portugal’s Democracy Crisis
A likely vote of no confidence in Portugal’s hard-right government will signify whether voters in the EU can still choose their own government.
U.S. Air Force Using Putin to Justify Trillion-Dollar Bomber
Lobbying and renewed fear of Russia have softened up the U.S. for Northrop Grumman’s budgetary kill with its new bomber.
Turkey’s President Gets His Majority — at a Terrible Price
To reverse his fortune at the polls, Erdogan reignited Turkey’s war with the Kurds, stood silent while mobs attacked his opponents, and unilaterally altered the constitutional role of his office.