In Bahrain, An Uprising Unabated
Husain Abdulla, the founder and Director of Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain looks at the last two years since the uprising in Bahrain and the vital relationship between the Bahraini rulers and the US administration.
Europe flunks the solar panel test
François Godement, Professor of political science at Sciences Po in Paris and Senior policy fellow of the European Council on Foreign Relations asks whether the fact that Chinese solar panels are benefitting from unfair subsidies is damaging to the EU and its negotiating position.
Chemical weapons, the Middle East, the UN and Syria
The former senior editor of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Bob Rigg, asks: “In a region with a long history of nuclear and chemical weapons, when is a red line a red line?”
In Tehran, All Eyes on North Korea
“What happens with respect to North Korea can affect Iran, and what happens with Iran can affect North Korea.” This statement, issued last month by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, underscores the Obama administration’s understanding of the North Korea-Iran connection.
A History of the World in Twelve Maps
Jerry Brotton’s “A History of the World in Twelve Maps” traces the history of the world through the development and art of map-making by looking in detail at twelve maps that literally made history.
A Financial Transaction Tax for Europe
A tax on financial transactions in Europe could reduce harmful speculation and help restore some political control over the markets. So why don’t we have one yet?
A short history of banks and democracy
The extraordinary bounce-back of the banks reveals the most disturbing, but least obvious, largely invisible, feature of the unfinished European crisis: the transformation of democratic taxation states into post-democratic banking states.
The Erosion of Europe
Joschka Fischer, German Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor from 1998-2005, on the leadership crisis facing Europe, the possible disintegration of the Union and the need for a solidarity-based solution to the debt crisis.
In Guatemala, A Mass Grave for the Truth
In a week of remarkable events and reversals in Guatemala, the genocide trial of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt came to an abrupt halt on April 18 as a judge ruled all proceedings to date invalid.
A Legacy of Rogues in Afghanistan
Afghan militias created by the United States have been accused of committing serious human rights abuses against local populations. Americans who left Zero Dark Thirty thinking that the dark stain of torture is behind us should be cautioned by the U.S. exit strategy in Afghanistan.