Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Pieces (4/26)
From schools for terrorists to psychotherapy for terrorists.
Explaining the Cyprus Shakedown
Despite Cyprus’ small size, the implications of its bailout deal deal could have serious consequences for the eurozone.
Challenging Einstein: Kerry’s ‘New’ Diplomacy in the Middle East
The United States must oppose the occupation and settlements, and support a Palestinian right to freedom, equality and statehood.
You Don’t Know Squat
When the Berlin Wall fell, squat culture expanded as Berliners took over abandoned properties in East Berlin.
Guatemala’s Progress Toward Rule of Law Buckles as Judge Annuls Genocide Trial
Power and politics have their effect on Guatemala’s historic genocide trial.
Inside-outside Strategy on Wall Street Tax
countries are already raising significant revenue from national financial transaction taxes.
Breaking Out the Bush Playbook on Korea
In the current crisis on the Korean peninsula, the Obama administration is virtually repeating the 2004 Bush playbook.
Tracking CEO Pay
The most important executive compensation indicator is the gap between what CEOs and their workers are paid.
This Week in OtherWords: April 24, 2013
Jill Richardson looks at the Texas factory explosion in the context of whether we should be using so much nitrogen fertilizer in the first place.
The Pot Prohibition Runs Its Course
Now that most Americans support the legalization of marijuana, some Republicans back the right of states to stop banning it.
France Down With Same-Sex Marriage and Adoption
France is the ninth country in Europe and fourteenth in the world to legalize gay marriage.
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.
Deposed Central African Republic President Bozize’s Loyalists Not Going Quietly
Members of the Seleka rebel movement continue to loot local homes and businesses, instigate violence, and recruit children to their ranks.
Chemical Weapon Use in Syria Could Trigger Intervention
President Obama called their use a “game changer.”
Tunisia and the IMF: Ennahda’s Mana From Washington (Part Two)
Despite reservations, both Washington and Paris have decided that, when it comes to Tunisia, the horse they are going to ride is the Ennahda party.