Asia

Ash Carter and Henry Kissinger

The Obama Administration Just Granted Henry Kissinger a Distinguished Public Service Award The Obama Administration Just Granted Henry Kissinger a Distinguished Public Service Award

An outsized personality who has committed outsized mayhem, Kissinger eclipses his own context.

May 10, 2016 / Greg Grandin

Who Rules the World?

Who Rules the World? Who Rules the World?

The standard convention for answering this question often misses the point.

May 9, 2016 / Noam Chomsky

Bernie Sanders Should Push for a New Realism in Foreign Policy

Bernie Sanders Should Push for a New Realism in Foreign Policy Bernie Sanders Should Push for a New Realism in Foreign Policy

Sanders is helping to energize and educate a new generation coming into American politics—it is imperative that a real security agenda be part of that education.

May 3, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Rana Plaza protest

A Western Company Could Finally Be Held Accountable for the Rana Plaza Disaster A Western Company Could Finally Be Held Accountable for the Rana Plaza Disaster

Three years after the factory collapse in Bangladesh, a Canadian court is hearing a case that could award the victims up to $2 billion in damages.

Apr 29, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Seoul Opening Ceremonies

The 1988 Seoul Olympics Were a Horror Show of Human Rights Abuses. Will Rio Be the Same? The 1988 Seoul Olympics Were a Horror Show of Human Rights Abuses. Will Rio Be the Same?

Brazil’s latest political turmoil doesn’t bode well for the 2016 Games in Rio.

Apr 21, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Ethnic Armenian soldiers stand next to a cannon

Why Do Neo–Cold Warriors Want Another Proxy Fight With Russia? Why Do Neo–Cold Warriors Want Another Proxy Fight With Russia?

The recent conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan is a case study in how anti-Putin rhetoric obscures what is really going on.

Apr 19, 2016 / Pietro A. Shakarian

Ukraine flag

President Poroshenko’s Problems and the Crisis of the US ‘Ukrainian Project’ President Poroshenko’s Problems and the Crisis of the US ‘Ukrainian Project’

Poroshenko’s succession of political setbacks reflects his regime’s unsavory history.

Apr 13, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and US Secretary of State John Kerry

US ‘Information War’ and the Embryonic Kerry–Lavrov Détente US ‘Information War’ and the Embryonic Kerry–Lavrov Détente

Is the recent tsunami of anti-Putin news reports meant to undermine US–Russian negotiations on Syria and Ukraine?

Apr 6, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen

Kashmir Protests

Where Local Conflict Could Have Nuclear Consequences Where Local Conflict Could Have Nuclear Consequences

Kashmir was already one of the most dangerous places on Earth—then tactical nukes got involved.

Apr 4, 2016 / Dilip Hiro

Vietnam’s Labor Newspaper, Where a Staff of 200 Reports on Abuses at Home and Abroad

Vietnam’s Labor Newspaper, Where a Staff of 200 Reports on Abuses at Home and Abroad Vietnam’s Labor Newspaper, Where a Staff of 200 Reports on Abuses at Home and Abroad

Lao Dong belongs to the official union federation, but it maintains an independent critical voice.

Mar 30, 2016 / Photo Essay / David Bacon

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