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Ukraine’s ultra-right-wing Svoboda party is no fringe organization.
Even as we condemn the introduction of Russian troops in Crimea, we have to remember that the Cold War is over—and both sides must act that way.
Large pro-democracy demonstrations have largely escaped the Western media’s radar.
The migration of highly skilled workers can pay dividends for immigrants and their employers, but it produces losers as well.
The United States broke a nation of human beings. It owes them an apology—and restitution.
Many participants say they peddle militaristic values and obedience to the state.
There are two tests of social change movements: endurance and regeneration. After two decades, Mexico's Zapatista movement can now say it passed both.
Chuck Hagel's paeans to “political reform” in the Gulf must have sounded strange to political prisoners in repressive Bahrain, where he delivered his remarks.