Here’s Everything Wrong With the White House’s War on the Islamic State Here’s Everything Wrong With the White House’s War on the Islamic State
The Obama administration’s war plans in Iraq and Syria are illegal, ill-conceived and destined to fail. Here’s what the US—and you—can do instead.
Oct 2, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Peter Certo and Foreign Policy In Focus
Bangladeshi Workers Organize to Protect Their Most Valuable Export: Themselves Bangladeshi Workers Organize to Protect Their Most Valuable Export: Themselves
Migrant domestic workers from Bangladesh enjoy little protection from their government, but they’re not alone.
Oct 1, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Tiffany Williams and Foreign Policy In Focus
Why Are We Sending Soldiers Trained for War to Respond to the Ebola Crisis? Why Are We Sending Soldiers Trained for War to Respond to the Ebola Crisis?
Few would oppose a robust US response to Ebola, but the Obama administration's deployment of 3,000 troops to Liberia comes amid a broader US-led militarization in West Africa.
Sep 25, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Joeva Rock and Foreign Policy In Focus
The Fight to Keep Toxic Mining Out of El Salvador The Fight to Keep Toxic Mining Out of El Salvador
Hundreds of protesters recently gathered at the World Bank to shame a gold-mining firm’s shakedown of one of Central America’s poorest countries.
Sep 23, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Diana Anahi Torres-Valverde and Foreign Policy In Focus
Washington Snubs Bolivia on Drug Policy Reform, Again Washington Snubs Bolivia on Drug Policy Reform, Again
Bolivia has found a way to cut coca production without sacrificing the leaf's cultural importance or cracking down on small growers. But Washington's not having it.
Sep 22, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Zoe Pearson, Thomas Grisaffi, and Foreign Policy In Focus
While We March for the Climate, Governments Meet With Polluters While We March for the Climate, Governments Meet With Polluters
As climate activists converge on New York, world leaders will meet behind closed doors with corporate honchos who bank on fossil fuels.
Sep 18, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Janet Redman and Foreign Policy In Focus
How Hard Times Are Healing Bosnia How Hard Times Are Healing Bosnia
Amid rising anti-government sentiment and a series of natural disasters, Bosnia-Herzegovina's fractured ethnic communities are drawing strength from an unlikely source: each ot...
Sep 17, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Peter Lippman and Foreign Policy In Focus
Kingdom of Slaves in the Persian Gulf Kingdom of Slaves in the Persian Gulf
In the smallest Gulf states, nearly 90 percent of residents are immigrant laborers. Many face unspeakable abuse.
Sep 16, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Sam Badger, Giorgio Cafiero, and Foreign Policy In Focus
Ethiopian Activists Fight US-Backed Land Seizures Ethiopian Activists Fight US-Backed Land Seizures
Backed by US development aid, the Ethiopian government is seizing land, demolishing homes and cracking down on activists in a bid to expand its capital city.
Sep 12, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Hilary Matfess and Foreign Policy In Focus
The Central African Republic’s Forgotten Crisis The Central African Republic’s Forgotten Crisis
Though it scarcely makes headlines, the Central African Republic’s vicious civil war has created a sickening humanitarian crisis.
Sep 11, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Nathalie Baptiste and Foreign Policy In Focus