A Precarious Victory in El Salvador A Precarious Victory in El Salvador
Washington is threatening to withhold development aid unless El Salvador adopts economic policies that Salvadorans just voted against.
Mar 18, 2014 / Madeleine Conway and Foreign Policy In Focus
Obama’s Response to the Crimea Vote Is Measured, So Far Obama’s Response to the Crimea Vote Is Measured, So Far
But the hawks are demanding much stronger measures.
Mar 17, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
Disaster Militarism: Rethinking US Relief in the Asia-Pacific Disaster Militarism: Rethinking US Relief in the Asia-Pacific
Disaster relief has increasingly become part of the justification for increased US troop deployments in the Asia-Pacific region.
Mar 14, 2014 / Annie Isabel Fukushima, Ayano Ginoza, Michiko Hase, Gwyn Kirk, Deborah Lee, Taeva Shefler, and Foreign Policy In Focus
America’s Proxy Wars in Africa America’s Proxy Wars in Africa
Almost every move Washington has made in the region has helped spread conflict and chaos, while contributing to African destabilization.
Mar 13, 2014 / Nick Turse
How Economic Populism Is Transforming the Most Unequal Region of the Globe How Economic Populism Is Transforming the Most Unequal Region of the Globe
During a decade when economic inequality grew by leaps and bounds in the rest of the world, it declined significantly in Latin America.
Mar 13, 2014 / Kathleen Geier
Obama Offers Putin a Face-Saving Off-Ramp on Crimea Obama Offers Putin a Face-Saving Off-Ramp on Crimea
It’s a last-minute offer, but Putin should take it.
Mar 13, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
How the West Enabled the Rise of Russian Nationalism How the West Enabled the Rise of Russian Nationalism
Russian nationalism would not have become as influential without the Ukrainian revolution and the Western support for it.
Mar 12, 2014 / Andrei P. Tsygankov
Crisis in Ukraine Crisis in Ukraine
Republicans say Putin is the guy Exuding strength. To rattle his aplomb, Obama should show strength, though they don’t say Precisely who it is he’s meant to bomb.
Mar 12, 2014 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Back to Dark Days in Haiti? Back to Dark Days in Haiti?
The president of a country with no external threats, a history of military repression and an abundance of more pressing problems is rebuilding its once-banished military.
Mar 11, 2014 / Nathalie Baptiste and Foreign Policy In Focus
Will the Hawks Capture Obama on Ukraine? Will the Hawks Capture Obama on Ukraine?
The White House is facing a lot of pressure to drive a confrontation over Ukraine.
Mar 11, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss