Foreign Policy

A girl walks at a refugee and migrant camp on the northeastern Greek island of Lesvos.

European Countries’ Closing Their Borders to Refugees Is Collective Punishment European Countries’ Closing Their Borders to Refugees Is Collective Punishment

EU states’ attempts to “opt out” of international law will only fuel more regional chaos.

Nov 18, 2015 / Michelle Chen

US Special Forces in Africa

The US Military’s Best-Kept Secret The US Military’s Best-Kept Secret

For years, American military expansion in Africa has gone largely unnoticed, thanks to a deliberate effort to keep the public in the shadows.

Nov 17, 2015 / Nick Turse

Republican Governors Are Posturing on Refugees, but Their Xenophobia Has Real Consequences

Republican Governors Are Posturing on Refugees, but Their Xenophobia Has Real Consequences Republican Governors Are Posturing on Refugees, but Their Xenophobia Has Real Consequences

Anti-Muslim hate crimes are up, but that’s not all.

Nov 17, 2015 / John Knefel

Why Another ‘War on Terror’ Won’t Work

Why Another ‘War on Terror’ Won’t Work Why Another ‘War on Terror’ Won’t Work

When we respond to terror attacks with air strikes and drone killings, we seem oblivious to the terror for which we ourselves are responsible.

Nov 17, 2015 / Mary Kaldor

Detained Asylum Seekers Seek Transnational Justice

Detained Asylum Seekers Seek Transnational Justice Detained Asylum Seekers Seek Transnational Justice

Refugees of a transnational migration crisis represent the latest wave of social upheaval in Bangladesh now reverberating around the world.

Nov 16, 2015 / Michelle Chen

There Is Only One Way to Destroy ISIS

There Is Only One Way to Destroy ISIS There Is Only One Way to Destroy ISIS

Neither airstrikes nor boots on the ground will do it. We must address the conditions that led to its rise, and that means ending the Syrian civil war and the regional Saudi-Irania...

Nov 16, 2015 / Yousef Munayyer

The staff of Medécins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, demonstrates in Geneva, November 3, 2015.

What’s the Real Story Behind the American Attack on Doctors Without Borders? What’s the Real Story Behind the American Attack on Doctors Without Borders?

The American government’s changing, contradictory account of the deadly attack on a hospital in Afghanistan has been anything but believable.

Nov 16, 2015 / Laura Gottesdiener

Chicago Boys

The United States Didn’t Just Help Topple Allende—We Trained the Economists, Too The United States Didn’t Just Help Topple Allende—We Trained the Economists, Too

A new documentary, Chicago Boys, looks at the Chilean economists who brought neoliberalism from the halls of Chicago to the policies of Latin America.

Nov 16, 2015 / Greg Grandin

Hillary Clinton’s Best Asset Is Also Her Greatest Liability

Hillary Clinton’s Best Asset Is Also Her Greatest Liability Hillary Clinton’s Best Asset Is Also Her Greatest Liability

Her answers at the Des Moines debate revealed a fluency with complicated global challenges. But can Democrats forgive her Iraq vote?

Nov 16, 2015 / Joan Walsh

France Should Stop Listening to Saudi Arabia on Syria

France Should Stop Listening to Saudi Arabia on Syria France Should Stop Listening to Saudi Arabia on Syria

ISIS is the most urgent threat to the West stemming from the Syrian war and must be destroyed. Assad’s murderous dictatorship can be dealt with next.

Nov 15, 2015 / Juan Cole

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