Armenia’s Revolution: A Flickering Light in a Darkening Europe Armenia’s Revolution: A Flickering Light in a Darkening Europe
This is the first insurrection in a post-Soviet state that legitimately boiled up from the streets, free of influence from outside forces.
Dec 7, 2018 / Marc Cooper
What’s Really Behind France’s Yellow Vest Protest? What’s Really Behind France’s Yellow Vest Protest?
It’s not just about the fuel tax; it’s about anger at ever-increasing burdens on the working class.
Dec 7, 2018 / Cole Stangler
We Shouldn’t Lie to Ourselves: Nonviolent Resistance Is Alive and Powerful in Gaza We Shouldn’t Lie to Ourselves: Nonviolent Resistance Is Alive and Powerful in Gaza
It’s time for the international community to recognize and support it.
Dec 6, 2018 / Muhammad Shehada
New Cold War Dangers New Cold War Dangers
The Russian-Ukrainian military conflict in the Kerch Strait illustrates again how this Cold War is more dangerous that was its predecessor.
Dec 5, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
Congress Takes a Critical Step Toward Reasserting Its War-Powers Control Congress Takes a Critical Step Toward Reasserting Its War-Powers Control
A Senate resolution to end US support for Saudi-led conflict in Yemen shows that the politics of war are finally evolving.
Dec 4, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A New Report Charts the Increase in Limitations on Free Speech in Russia A New Report Charts the Increase in Limitations on Free Speech in Russia
The new restrictions are only being applied to critical and independent voices.
Nov 29, 2018 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina
China Has Detained a Million Muslims in Reeducation Camps China Has Detained a Million Muslims in Reeducation Camps
The repression picked up dramatically in 2016, after a top party official who had put down unrest in Tibet was sent to Xinjiang.
Nov 27, 2018 / Umar Farooq
Ethiopia and Eritrea Need Their Peace Ethiopia and Eritrea Need Their Peace
Ethiopia and Eritrea began a spectacular rapprochement this summer, and stability in the Horn of Africa depends on its lasting.
Nov 8, 2018 / Gérard Prunier
In the Valley of Death: Somaliland’s Forgotten Genocide In the Valley of Death: Somaliland’s Forgotten Genocide
Thirty years ago, the US-backed Somali government slaughtered an estimated 200,000 people. Now survivors want US help uncovering the crimes.
Oct 22, 2018 / Ismail Einashe and Matt Kennard
Russia’s Unlearned Lessons From the Failed Revolt of 1993 Russia’s Unlearned Lessons From the Failed Revolt of 1993
Twenty-five years ago, a nascent democracy died.
Oct 19, 2018 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina