Nigerian Women in the Crosshairs Nigerian Women in the Crosshairs
Amid a delayed election and a horrific Boko Haram insurgency, Nigerian women and girls are increasingly becoming targets—and tools—of violence.
Mar 11, 2015 / Krista Walton Potter, Anna Tenuta, and Foreign Policy In Focus
The Islamic State’s Atrocities—and Ours The Islamic State’s Atrocities—and Ours
It’s tempting to call ISIS “medieval” murderers. But from mass murder to drone strikes, atrocity is very much a part of our modern experience.
Mar 5, 2015 / John Feffer and Foreign Policy In Focus
How ‘Islamic’ Is the Islamic State? How ‘Islamic’ Is the Islamic State?
Those who claim that this destructive cult’s ideology reflects some essential aspect of Islam are obscuring its origins—in George W. Bush’s illegal war that destroyed Iraq and fome...
Feb 24, 2015 / Juan Cole
Brian Williams Doesn’t Mind Admitting When He’s Made a Mistake Brian Williams Doesn’t Mind Admitting When He’s Made a Mistake
How else can news professionals like him maintain the trust of their audiences?
Feb 17, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow
Finally, Someone Pays for Iraq War Lies—Brian Williams Finally, Someone Pays for Iraq War Lies—Brian Williams
The sacrificial lamb for a decade of profit-driven tale-spinning.
Feb 12, 2015 / Leslie Savan
How to Get Serious About Ending the ISIS War How to Get Serious About Ending the ISIS War
A long-term alternative to war can only be built by popular movements in Iraq and Syria. These movements deserve our solidarity—not our bombs.
Feb 11, 2015 / Sarah Lazare and Foreign Policy In Focus
How the Left Failed France’s Muslims How the Left Failed France’s Muslims
When the left abdicated its outreach to marginalized communities, the Islamists moved in.
Feb 6, 2015 / Walden Bello and Foreign Policy In Focus
If You’re Afraid of ‘Lone Wolf’ Terrorism, You’re Missing the Point If You’re Afraid of ‘Lone Wolf’ Terrorism, You’re Missing the Point
There’s only one problem with the rising crescendo of alarm about lone wolves: most of it simply isn’t true.
Feb 5, 2015 / Matthew Harwood
Why Did It Take 10 Years to Publish the Diary of a Guantánamo Detainee? Why Did It Take 10 Years to Publish the Diary of a Guantánamo Detainee?
An interview with Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s attorney and his editor.
Feb 4, 2015 / Jon Wiener
Putting Boko Haram in Context Putting Boko Haram in Context
There's no purely military solution to the insurgency raging across northeastern Nigeria.
Feb 3, 2015 / Ajamu Baraka and Foreign Policy In Focus