Foreign Policy
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 - 00:00
Clearly, we would do more to bring peace to these countries and to reduce the incentives for and leverage of bad actors by reducing our demand than by any other military or political steps we could take.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 - 00:00
Medellin's rebirth is nothing short of astonishing. But have the drug lords really been vanquished?
Friday, March 25, 2011 - 00:00
The United States may want to deepen its relationship with Brazil, but the ill will generated by Iran episode (Lula's attempt to broker a nuclear deal with Tehran) hasn't yet completely faded.
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 00:00
Talking to the head of U.N. Women about what a true post-feminist world would look like.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 00:00
Barack Obama doesn't want you to know about it, but his administration just made the biggest move in more than a decade to open up Cuba.
Friday, January 14, 2011 - 00:00
Mexico's fall is all the more unusual because it results not from repressive measures by the government, but from the state's failure to "protect ordinary citizens, journalists, and elected officials from organized crime".
Friday, January 14, 2011 - 00:00
The power of wealthy autocracies like Russia, China, and Venezuela to reinforce bad behavior in smaller undemocratic regimes through trade and obstructionism at the United Nations has been a main theme of Freedom House reports.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 00:00
Defense ministers who gathered in Santa Cruz this past week should feel proud they opted for cooperation over division.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 00:00
It is impossible to visit any part of Mexico today, even Puebla, and not recognize how much the fear and despair of the drug wars has permeated all aspects and levels of Mexican life.
Friday, November 5, 2010 - 00:00
Radio Netherlands has broadcast a rare interview with a 32-year-old Dutch woman named Tanja Nijmeijer, who is thought to be the only non-Latin militant in Colombia's FARC rebels.