Terror and Impunity in Kashmir Terror and Impunity in Kashmir
Violence against civilians is endemic in Indian Kashmir, where activists are fighting back against a culture of official impunity.
May 15, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Shubh Mathur and Foreign Policy In Focus
Standing Up for Girls’ Education in Nigeria Standing Up for Girls’ Education in Nigeria
Many families in Nigeria are already skeptical about women’s education. The government’s failure to protect schoolgirls makes it worse.
May 9, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Zoe Blumenfeld and Foreign Policy In Focus
What’s Wrong With the Electrify Africa Act What’s Wrong With the Electrify Africa Act
It’s a giveaway to the fossil fuel industry. Global climate justice advocates are fighting instead for clean, renewable energy.
May 7, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Janet Redman, Emira Woods, John Cavanagh, and Foreign Policy In Focus
Israel-Palestine: Kerry’s Peace Talks Hit the Separation Wall Israel-Palestine: Kerry’s Peace Talks Hit the Separation Wall
Do the stalled talks herald the end of the two-state solution? If so, what comes next?
Apr 30, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Richard Silverstein and Foreign Policy In Focus
Obama in Asia: Washington Extracts Rent-Free Basing From the Philippines Obama in Asia: Washington Extracts Rent-Free Basing From the Philippines
By linking itself to Washington in its territorial disputes with China, the Philippines risks getting caught up in a superpower conflict.
Apr 30, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Walden Bello and Foreign Policy In Focus
Climate Change Comes to the Caribbean Climate Change Comes to the Caribbean
It’s already wreaking havoc on the region’s vital fishing, tourism and agriculture industries.
Apr 29, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Nathalie Baptiste and Foreign Policy In Focus
Promoting a ‘Right to Heal’ From Fort Hood to Abu Ghraib Promoting a ‘Right to Heal’ From Fort Hood to Abu Ghraib
Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are holding the US government accountable for innocent victims on all sides of the fighting.
Apr 16, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Phyllis Bennis and Foreign Policy In Focus
Eritrean Refugees at Risk Eritrean Refugees at Risk
Hundreds of thousands have fled dictatorship—only to face trafficking, exploitation and hostility throughout North Africa and the Sahel.
Apr 11, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Dan Connell and Foreign Policy In Focus
The World Bank’s Waste of Energy The World Bank’s Waste of Energy
Expanding energy access makes sense. What doesn’t make sense is using a failed scheme—like carbon trading—to pay for it.
Apr 11, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Janet Redman and Foreign Policy In Focus
How Ethnic Tensions and Economic Crisis Have Strengthened Europe’s Secession Movements How Ethnic Tensions and Economic Crisis Have Strengthened Europe’s Secession Movements
Borders may appear immutable, but events from Catalonia to Crimea prove that they are not.
Apr 9, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Conn Hallinan and Foreign Policy In Focus