International Law

May and Johnson

Is Britain In Control Yet? Is Britain In Control Yet?

What Brexiteers misunderstand about national sovereignty.

Dec 10, 2018 / Kojo Koram

Sanders War Powers Hearing

Congress Takes a Critical Step Toward Reasserting Its War-Powers Control Congress Takes a Critical Step Toward Reasserting Its War-Powers Control

A Senate resolution to end US support for Saudi-led conflict in Yemen shows that the politics of war are finally evolving.

Dec 4, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

They’re Refugees, Fleeing Gang Violence and Domestic Abuse. Why Won’t the Trump Administration Let Them In?

They’re Refugees, Fleeing Gang Violence and Domestic Abuse. Why Won’t the Trump Administration Let Them In? They’re Refugees, Fleeing Gang Violence and Domestic Abuse. Why Won’t the Trump Administration Let Them In?

How one immigration case has led to a major impact on asylum claims.

Nov 28, 2018 / Laura Gottesdiener and John Washington

There Is No Left Case for Nationalism

There Is No Left Case for Nationalism There Is No Left Case for Nationalism

Endorsing nationalism isn’t compromise. It’s compromised.

Nov 28, 2018 / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

Theresa May

Deal or No Deal? The Season Finale of the United Kingdom Deal or No Deal? The Season Finale of the United Kingdom

No one knows for sure how the Brexit episode will end.

Nov 28, 2018 / Gary Younge

Zarif Kerry

A Leftist Foreign Policy Should Reject Economic Sanctions A Leftist Foreign Policy Should Reject Economic Sanctions

The United States should use its financial powers to bust oligarchs, end tax evasion, and create a fairer world economy. 

Nov 20, 2018 / Nicholas Mulder

Beatrice Fihn

Together We Shall Save Our Planet: A Q&A With Beatrice Fihn Together We Shall Save Our Planet: A Q&A With Beatrice Fihn

The executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons explains the movement to ban the bomb.

Nov 8, 2018 / Q&A / Eric Schlosser

North Korea Missile

Donald Trump’s Ignorance Has Us Headed Straight for the Second Nuclear Age Donald Trump’s Ignorance Has Us Headed Straight for the Second Nuclear Age

There’s good reason to be concerned.

Nov 5, 2018 / James Carroll

Somaliland Valley of Death

In the Valley of Death: Somaliland’s Forgotten Genocide In the Valley of Death: Somaliland’s Forgotten Genocide

Thirty years ago, the US-backed Somali government slaughtered an estimated 200,000 people. Now survivors want US help uncovering the crimes.

Oct 22, 2018 / Ismail Einashe and Matt Kennard

Yemen Bus Bomb Hospital

American Officials Could Be Prosecuted for War Crimes in Yemen American Officials Could Be Prosecuted for War Crimes in Yemen

Under international law, Washington—during both the Obama and Trump administrations—has been a co-belligerent with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Oct 10, 2018 / Mohamad Bazzi

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