Amidst a winter of discontent within NATO, the alliance will commemorate its seventieth anniversary this December. For about as long, nearly every administration since Eisenhower’s has urged the United States’…
The Leave side’s message in the United Kingdom’s referendum on European Union membership was simple: “take back control.” In more formal terms, this amounted to reasserting national sovereignty that was…
The relationship between climate change and human mobility is complex, and an appreciation of its complicated dynamics is an essential precursor to formulating good public policy. A decade ago, when…
We exercise our rights through taking care of our responsibilities – The late William Commanda, Algonquin Elder and Spiritual Leader Many models for parks and protected areas have been…
This fall will be a crucial test for democracy in Poland. The country will hold parliamentary elections on October 13. The critical question is whether the ruling populist Law and…
Venezuela continues to buckle under the autocratic rule of Nicolás Maduro. Street protests and social pressure, however, have not succeeded in dislodging the president or bringing about the democratic change…
The following is the second of a two-part series. Russian sanctions might not be that impressive, but they are extremely dangerous for Georgian unity. Russia has been destabilizing that unity…
The following is the first of a two-part series. “Georgians have always had a grievance complex, because Turks or Persians have always suppressed them. The lack of independence, the inability…
Elections this spring in Indonesia and the Philippines are powerful reminders of how far democracy has come in Southeast Asia, and how far it still has to go. In Indonesia,…
The following is the second of a two-part series. The Rise of Jihadism It was not until the Soviet war in Afghanistan, as the Cold War withered away and jihadi…
