Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
Tag: Foreign Affairs
12/28/2022
Shutting Down Putin’s War is Essential for Global Security in 2023
Authoritarianism is about having the power to get away with crime, and waging a genocidal war against another country without other countries intervening in ways that force a cessation of conflict counts as a big win in the autocrat world.
12/06/2022
Boxing powerhouse Cuba lets women boxers compete
Legnis Cala Massó carefully removes her necklace and smiles as her coach slides her bright red boxing gloves over her French tip nails.
12/22/2022
What Could Go Right? 99 good news stories
2022’s human rights victories, environmental wins, and health and development milestones
12/16/2022
Turkey’s Tragic Lesson: ‘Democracy’ without Liberty Leads to Tyranny
n the summer of 2019, Turkey, my home country that had been going downhill for years under the populist and authoritarian rule of President Tayyip Erdogan, made some rare good news: The municipal elections of Istanbul and Ankara, the two largest cities, were won by opposition candidates.
12/17/2022
The Revolt Against Iran’s Theocratic Regime
Yascha Mounk and Roya Hakakian discuss whether the protesters might, somehow, manage to win.
12/08/2022
Opinion: American protectionism could imperil a golden era of Western unity
The United States and Europe find themselves in a closer alliance than at any point in many decades.
11/14/2022
Opinion: Ukraine’s New World Order
Ukrainians just recaptured Russia’s biggest war prize, the City of Kherson, and by so doing took a major step toward driving Putin out of their nation-state.
10/27/2022
Zimbabwe’s focus on wheat set to yield biggest-ever harvest
Zimbabwe says it is on the brink of its biggest wheat harvest in history, thanks in large part to efforts to overcome food supply problems caused by the war in Ukraine.
10/13/2022
Opinion: How to win the economic war against Russia
Fiona Hill, a distinguished Russia expert, has argued that the West’s confrontation with Russia over Ukraine has brought us into World War III. That is dangerous hyperbole.
10/06/2022
Opinion: What the West is still getting wrong about the rise of Xi Jinping
One of the few issues on which there is a consensus in Washington these days is that U.S. policy toward China was built on an intellectual error.
09/23/2022
The Return of Fascism in Italy
With Giorgia Meloni’s party leading in polls ahead of Sunday’s election, the Italian far right is edging closer to power.
09/12/2022