Decolonization and the Pursuit of an Egalitarian International Order Decolonization and the Pursuit of an Egalitarian International Order
A new book looks at the mid-20th century cohort of African and Caribbean leaders who attempted to demand new rules from the world system.
Dec 23, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Immerwahr
The End of Human Rights The End of Human Rights
The United States is throttling what meager enforcement mechanisms still exist.
Dec 23, 2019 / Column / Rafia Zakaria
This Is Why the World Is Facing Climate Catastrophe This Is Why the World Is Facing Climate Catastrophe
At the COP 25 summit in Madrid, the powerful countries stalled and squabbled while activists marched and pleaded for serious climate action.
Dec 17, 2019 / Ben Ehrenreich
Where Now for Britain’s Labour Party? Where Now for Britain’s Labour Party?
Appealing to “socially conservative” voters, or a shift to the center, will fail. Corbyn himself may not be popular, but his leftward tack of the party is.
Dec 17, 2019 / Rachel Shabi
Those Who Ran the Afghanistan War Lied. They Must Be Held to Account. Those Who Ran the Afghanistan War Lied. They Must Be Held to Account.
Activists often pledge to “speak truth to power.” The sad reality is that power often knows the truth.
Dec 17, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Deep Roots of Liberal Democracy’s Crisis The Deep Roots of Liberal Democracy’s Crisis
A new history of North Atlantic democracies argues that they were already undergoing a serious crisis more than four decades ago.
Dec 17, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Richard J. Evans
The Greek Government’s Chaotic Plan for Relocating Migrants The Greek Government’s Chaotic Plan for Relocating Migrants
Thousands are being moved from the camps on the islands—and into far-flung hotels, with little access to services.
Dec 12, 2019 / Madeleine Speed
Why Taiwan Won’t Welcome China’s Dissidents Why Taiwan Won’t Welcome China’s Dissidents
Hong Kong protesters and Chinese political dissidents often look to democratic Taiwan as a place for shelter—but its government has little interest in providing it.
Dec 6, 2019 / Nick Aspinwall
It’s a Race Against Time for Labour in Next Week’s Momentous UK Elections It’s a Race Against Time for Labour in Next Week’s Momentous UK Elections
The choice couldn’t be more stark: between the nativist, hard-Brexit Tories and the most radical-left Labour platform the nation has seen in decades.
Dec 5, 2019 / Rachel Shabi
Who Is Making US Foreign Policy? Who Is Making US Foreign Policy?
An anti-neocon president appears to have been surrounded by neocons in his own administration.
Dec 5, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen