Arrests in Marielle Franco’s Death a Blow to Bolsonaro’s Brazil, a Step Towards the Accountability She Fought For
Marcelo Freixo/Wikimedia Commons Two ex-police officers were arrested in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday in…
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Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Problem
In 2012, the Muslim Brotherhood ran a candidate in the post-Arab Spring presidential elections in…
An Election of “Firsts”
Yesterday’s election saw large numbers of Americans turning up to cast their votes. The New York…
How Overturning a Christian Woman’s Death Sentence Brought Pakistan to a Standstill
On Tuesday, Pakistan’s Supreme Court acquitted Asia Bibi, a woman falsely accused of blasphemy, in…
No Post-Conflict Decontamination Obligations Set Before UN First Committee Vote
NEW YORK—The U.N. General Assembly’s upcoming vote on a resolution to address the effects and…
A Case against Military Intervention in Iran
The Trump administration defines Iran as one of its top foreign policy threats. This is…
New Developments on the Stagnant Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
Photo courtesy Office of the NKR President Bako Sahakyan, the president of a mountainous Central…
Why Do Cease-Fire Agreements Mediated by Third Parties Fail?
The remains of a market in Maarat al-Noaman, in Syria’s northern province of Idlib, after…
At the United Nations and at Home, a Push to Recognize Puerto Rico’s Right to Self-determination
Taken by the author at “Unidos against PROMESA,” a protest that took place on the…
Under Different Kinds of Attacks: Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
The camp in Dalhamiyeh is among hundreds of informal clusters of Syrian refugee tents in…