The Russian military moves to shore up the Syrian Regime in its fight against the Islamic State and other rebel forces.
Will Russia Become the “Main Engine” of the Destruction of the Islamic State?
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Europe & Central Asia
How Greece’s Creditors Trounced Syriza
When Syriza’s leadership failed to seriously plan for a Eurozone exit, they let Europe’s central bank turn the screws.
After Obama: Clinton vs. Sanders
Hillary Clinton just laid out a hawkish foreign policy vision in a major speech. How do her views stack up against those of Bernie Sanders, her challenger from the left?
Jeremy Corbyn’s Victory Is a Political Bombshell for the UK
Britain’s Labor Party is now led by an avowed socialist and longtime peace campaigner.
Why I’m Walking 100 Miles for Migrant Rights
In Europe, ordinary people are leading their governments to welcome migrants and refugees with compassion rather than cruelty. Can we pull that off in the U.S.?
What America Owes the Refugees Pouring Into Europe
Here’s how the U.S. can leverage its wealth, safety, and diplomacy to serve the refugees it helped to create.
These Four Elections Could Decide the Future of Europe
In upcoming votes for the EU’s most indebted countries, the left will have to battle both the forces of austerity and a resurgent xenophobic right.
Where’s There’s War, There’s Refugees
War inevitably spawns refugees.
Drug Abuse in Poland Part of the Social Fabric
As with most Western countries, in Poland drug abuse has spread from criminals and the impoverished to all levels of society.
The U.S. Is Betraying the Kurds — Again
Turkey’s offering Washington a fig leaf of cooperation against the Islamic State, but it’s turning all its firepower against the most effective anti-ISIS fighters in the region — the Kurds.