International Law

Mike Pompeo

Who’s Afraid of the International Criminal Court? Who’s Afraid of the International Criminal Court?

Mike Pompeo’s diplomatic sanctions against war-crimes investigators are consistent with Trump’s “America first” worldview.

Mar 21, 2019 / Nicholas Mulder

World Bank IFC

How the World Bank Can Stop Funding Disaster How the World Bank Can Stop Funding Disaster

Now that the Supreme Court has ruled the World Bank can be sued, what’s next for the organization?

Mar 21, 2019 / Komala Ramachandra and Erika Lennon

Death From Above: US Air Strikes in Somalia Could Constitute ‘War Crimes’

Death From Above: US Air Strikes in Somalia Could Constitute ‘War Crimes’ Death From Above: US Air Strikes in Somalia Could Constitute ‘War Crimes’

An Amnesty International report confirms that US strikes are killing civilians.

Mar 20, 2019 / Amanda Sperber

Yanis Varoufakis

A European Spring Is Possible A European Spring Is Possible

The DiEM25 proposes immediate financial changes to end austerity and fund a green—and hopefully post-capitalist—future.

Mar 13, 2019 / Yanis Varoufakis

John Bolton and a map

Foreign Policy Beyond Good and Evil Foreign Policy Beyond Good and Evil

Even Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have fallen victim to a simplistic vision of world affairs.

Mar 11, 2019 / Daniel Bessner and Udi Greenberg

‘A New Horror’: Sikh Men Go on Hunger Strike in ICE Custody

‘A New Horror’: Sikh Men Go on Hunger Strike in ICE Custody ‘A New Horror’: Sikh Men Go on Hunger Strike in ICE Custody

We watched one hunger striker, seemingly on the brink of death, collapse in front of us.

Mar 7, 2019 / Margaret Brown Vega and Nathan Craig

Venezuelan Crisis

Trump’s Other ‘National Emergency’: Sanctions That Kill Venezuelans Trump’s Other ‘National Emergency’: Sanctions That Kill Venezuelans

The humanitarian crisis will get rapidly worse if the most recent sanctions continue.

Feb 28, 2019 / Mark Weisbrot

Philippines Senator Leila de Lima

Not Even Prison Walls Can Silence Duterte’s Nemesis Not Even Prison Walls Can Silence Duterte’s Nemesis

Amid a crackdown on independent media, the defiant Philippine Senator Leila de Lima enters her third year as a political prisoner.

Feb 27, 2019 / Walden Bello

Trump Saudi Arms Deal

US Foreign Policy Is for Sale US Foreign Policy Is for Sale

Washington think tanks receive millions of dollars from authoritarian governments to shape foreign policy in their favor.

Feb 21, 2019 / Benjamin Freeman

Heather Nauert

Heather Nauert’s 15 Minutes at the UN Are Up Heather Nauert’s 15 Minutes at the UN Are Up

The former Fox presenter will not be the next US ambassador to the United Nations—but another Trump crony surely will.

Feb 21, 2019 / Barbara Crossette

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