Foreign Policy

As Far-Right Groups Infiltrate Kiev’s Institutions, the Student Movement Pushes Back

As Far-Right Groups Infiltrate Kiev’s Institutions, the Student Movement Pushes Back As Far-Right Groups Infiltrate Kiev’s Institutions, the Student Movement Pushes Back

A left-leaning student movement could provide an alternative to the right-wing dominance of Ukraine’s street protests and parliamentary politics.

Mar 4, 2014 / Alec Luhn

The Next Battleground in the War on Whistleblowers

The Next Battleground in the War on Whistleblowers The Next Battleground in the War on Whistleblowers

Robert MacLean, a US Air Marshal fired for allegedly leaking sensitive government documents, is just trying to get his job back. For the rest of us, his case has much more profound...

Mar 4, 2014 / Peter Van Buren

The United States Has ‘Zero’ Options in Ukraine

The United States Has ‘Zero’ Options in Ukraine The United States Has ‘Zero’ Options in Ukraine

Appearing on PBS NewsHour, Stephen Cohen explains President Putin’s motivation for sending Russian troops into Crimea. 

Mar 3, 2014 / Press Room

Are We Witnessing the Emergence of a New World Order?

Are We Witnessing the Emergence of a New World Order? Are We Witnessing the Emergence of a New World Order?

An imperial era is on the wane, war is in absentia and there are no rising great powers on the horizon.

Mar 3, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt

Threat of Military Confrontation Grows in Ukraine

Threat of Military Confrontation Grows in Ukraine Threat of Military Confrontation Grows in Ukraine

Unless the country embraces the ideal of cultural pluralism within one nation, crises like this one will continue to erupt.

Mar 3, 2014 / Nicolai N. Petro

How a British Citizen Was Stripped of His Citizenship, Then Sent to a Manhattan Prison

How a British Citizen Was Stripped of His Citizenship, Then Sent to a Manhattan Prison How a British Citizen Was Stripped of His Citizenship, Then Sent to a Manhattan Prison

Britain’s citizenship deprivation processes may help obscure the Obama administration’s willingness to kill and kidnap Britons.

Feb 28, 2014 / Aviva Stahl

Burkina Faso’s “West African Spring”

Burkina Faso’s “West African Spring” Burkina Faso’s “West African Spring”

Large pro-democracy demonstrations have largely escaped the Western media’s radar.

Feb 28, 2014 / Sam Badger, Giorgio Cafiero, and Foreign Policy In Focus

Ukraine Doesn’t Need the US or NATO to Build a Democracy

Ukraine Doesn’t Need the US or NATO to Build a Democracy Ukraine Doesn’t Need the US or NATO to Build a Democracy

Ukrainians can resolve their problems without generating a US-Russian, Cold War–like crisis.

Feb 27, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss

Colorado’s Federal Supermax Prison Is Force-Feeding Inmates on Hunger Strike

Colorado’s Federal Supermax Prison Is Force-Feeding Inmates on Hunger Strike Colorado’s Federal Supermax Prison Is Force-Feeding Inmates on Hunger Strike

Solitary Watch reports that eight to nine prisoners are taking part in the strike, held at the federal government’s highest-security prison.

Feb 27, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

American Missionary Kenneth Bae Languishes in a Pyongyang Prison

American Missionary Kenneth Bae Languishes in a Pyongyang Prison American Missionary Kenneth Bae Languishes in a Pyongyang Prison

Resolving this injustice could open doors for diplomacy between the US and North Korea. 

Feb 25, 2014 / Rev. Jesse L. Jackson and Grace Ji-Sun Kim

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