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July 3, 2019
Melody Schreiber
The Growing Toll of the Global Gag Rule
A new study shows abortions actually go up when the U.S. pulls funding from NGOs offering abortion referrals. That's only one way underserved populations suffer.
July 2, 2019
Jon Wolfsthal
Is Anyone Surprised Iran Has Returned to Enrichment?
The predictable result of the Trump administration's incoherent foreign policy
July 2, 2019
Ryu Spaeth
The Meaning of Trump’s Historic North Korean Jaunt, in One Image
Theater, thwarted advisers, and a victory for Kim Jong Un
July 1, 2019
Tom Ball
How to Stage a Successful Revolution
One year on from its stunning democratic coup, Armenia seems to be the new model.
June 27, 2019
Heather Souvaine Horn
This foreign policy debate is brought to you by the Obama era.
June 25, 2019
Ani Chkhikvadze
Why Georgia Brings Out Putin’s Insecurities
Moscow's overreaction to protests in Tbilisi is a classic geopolitical story.
June 25, 2019
Andre Pagliarini
Can Married Priests Help Save the Amazon?
Pope Francis's latest amendment to Catholic doctrine connects to other policies he's promoted in the past.
June 24, 2019
Laurie Penny
Why It Matters How Powerful Men Treat Women
A rape allegation for Donald Trump, a domestic abuse allegation for Boris Johnson, and a filmed assault by Mark Field—all in the same week.
June 22, 2019
Tyler Bellstrom
Fire John Bolton
To avoid war with Iran, the president needs to haul out his
Apprentice
-era catchphrase.
June 21, 2019
Una Hajdari
The Clinton Administration Did Not Fix the Balkans
At the anniversary celebration of NATO's bombing campaign, Bill Clinton and Madeleine Albright were guests of honor. But tensions between Kosovo and Serbia are on the rise again.
June 20, 2019
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian
The Depressing Reality Behind Hong Kong’s Protests
Theoretically, protesters won a huge victory with the government dropping its extradition bill. But Beijing is likely to double down on repressive measures as a result.
June 18, 2019
Justin Lynch
The West’s Complicity in Sudan’s Massacres
The U.S. and the EU chose not to bring those involved in the Darfur genocide to justice. Now, one of them is angling for the presidency, and his militia is terrorizing Khartoum.
June 14, 2019
Kathryn Joyce
The Man Behind the State Department’s New “Natural Law” Focus
Robert George, longtime religious zealot and onetime Never Trumper, has reached the halls of Foggy Bottom.
June 13, 2019
Stephen Paduano
The Limits of Outrage Politics
The precipitous decline of France's Yellow Vest movement—like the sputtering end to Occupy Wall Street—shows why political movements need more than inchoate anger.
June 13, 2019
Alexis Papazoglou
The Sneaky Politics of “Natural Law”
The State Department wants to present its new human rights project as empirical and historical. But "natural law" is as political as anything else.
June 11, 2019
Tyler Bellstrom
The Biggest Barrier to a Leftist Foreign Policy: Democrats
When it comes to Iran, Israel, and Latin America, Democratic leaders are closer in mindset to the Trump administration than you might think.
June 10, 2019
Andre Pagliarini
The Conspiracy to Discredit Brazil’s Left
In a paranoid age, the corroboration provided by The Intercept's latest exposé is unusual.
June 6, 2019
Jeffrey L. Gould
Making Sense of Bernie’s Sandinista Sympathies
Bernie Sanders's presence at a revolutionary rally in 1985 needs to be evaluated in light of what was actually happening in Nicaragua and the U.S. in the 1980s.
June 5, 2019
Mark Weisbrot
Tariffs Are a Bad Response to an Imaginary Border Crisis
The migrants that do arrive in the U.S. are fleeing situations exacerbated by decades of bad American foreign policy. Tariffs on Mexico would continue that pattern.
June 3, 2019
Geoffrey Cain
The Failure to Define Fascism Today
Having only a hazy idea of what, exactly, fascism consists of makes it hard to explain why fascist rhetoric needs to be excluded from public discourse.
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