Russia’s exit from Syria: Mission unaccomplished?
Picture by Maxim Shemetov | Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on March 14 that he would begin to remove...
Regions
Jacob Zuma avoids impeachment, but is South Africa any closer to political stability?
Picture by Deaan Vivier | Gallo Images / Foto24 On Tuesday April 5, a motion to impeach the president of...
Obligatory democracy is no democracy at all
Picture by Scott Gries | Getty Images. When asked to govern themselves, it appears most Americans would rather do other...
Russia’s NGO law leaves environmental activists in troubled waters
Lake Baikal. Picture by Bailey Wolff Jennie Sutton had nearly given up hope. Would Baikal Ecological Wave, the environmental nonprofit...
Trump’s Misguided Torture Plan
Picture by Scott Olsen | Getty Images “We can’t do waterboarding, and they can chop off our heads,” Republican presidential...
Jeb Bush, Super PAC-Man
Picture by Gabriella Demczuk | The New York Times. It was an unbelievable, record-setting amount of money. In the first...
Looking back in anger: The dangers of Ukraine’s decommunization laws
The monument to Lenin in Zaporizhia, Ukraine. Picture by Nataliya Shestakova Ukrainian workers began in mid-March the process of dismantling...
Myanmar elects new president but full democracy’s yet to come
Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Myanmar’s opposition National League for Democracy, at a polling station in Kawhmu. Picture...
Obama in Cuba: The Eagle Has Landed?
Cuban President Raul Castro, right, lifts up the arm of President Barack Obama at the conclusion of their joint news...
Should they stay or should they go: Brits clash over Brexit
Picture by Dylan Martinez | Reuters On June 23, Britons will have to take a stand on the United Kingdom’s...