As the War Escalates, Yemen Risks Disintegration, With No End in Sight As the War Escalates, Yemen Risks Disintegration, With No End in Sight
‘‘My family is completely destroyed, we have no more hope in life.’’
Apr 10, 2015 / Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Obama Is Expected to Take Cuba Off List of Terror Sponsors Obama Is Expected to Take Cuba Off List of Terror Sponsors
That breakthrough, and the president’s attendance at the Summit of the Americas, will help to build momentum for normalized relations.
Apr 10, 2015 / Peter Kornbluh
Are These Strikes a Sign of Growing Militancy Among China’s Workers? Are These Strikes a Sign of Growing Militancy Among China’s Workers?
Workers’ willingness to take direct action could stem from a recognition that the golden era of Chinese manufacturing is on the wane.
Apr 9, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Can the Arab World Live With the US-Iran Nuclear Deal? Can the Arab World Live With the US-Iran Nuclear Deal?
Yes, despite claims to the contrary by pols and pundits.
Apr 9, 2015 / Juan Cole
‘The New York Times’ Has It Wrong On Putin and the EU ‘The New York Times’ Has It Wrong On Putin and the EU
Blame the US, not Putin, for undermining unity in Europe.
Apr 8, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen
Tom Cotton: The Iran War Will Be a Cakewalk Tom Cotton: The Iran War Will Be a Cakewalk
Neocons say Iran won't be like Iraq because it'll be easy. That's what they said about Iraq, too.
Apr 8, 2015 / Ali Gharib
Syriza Can Still Succeed—Even Though EU Officials Are Set On Its Demise Syriza Can Still Succeed—Even Though EU Officials Are Set On Its Demise
The European Commission and the IMF created the conditions that produced Syriza. Now they’re doing everything they can to strangle it in its cradle.
Apr 8, 2015 / Maria Margaronis
Development and Humanitarian Politics Development and Humanitarian Politics
Why debates about community development sidestep the issue of inequality.
Apr 8, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Jamie Martin
How the ‘Biden Plan’ Will Worsen the Plight of Central American Refugee Children How the ‘Biden Plan’ Will Worsen the Plight of Central American Refugee Children
The vice president is promoting a 2016 budget that deepens the drug-war and free-trade agendas that contributed to the crisis.
Apr 7, 2015 / Laura Carlsen and Foreign Policy In Focus
Forensic Translation Forensic Translation
Translation is not the art of failure but the art of the possible.
Apr 7, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Paloff