Soccer Riots and Egyptian Democracy
Football fan clubs have played an unexpectedly powerful political role in Egypt’s revolutionary path.
Advancing Genuine Progress
Standard economic growth indicators aren’t yielding enough information, especially when it comes to inequality.
Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Pieces (4/8)
Emphasis, as always, added.
The Secret History of Yugoslavia
How Slobodan Milosevic quietly stoked sectarian bloodshed even as he wrapped himself in the Yugoslavian flag.
How a North Korean Attack on South Korea Might Unfold
What if the North Koreans grew desperate enough to attempt to conquer only the portions of South Korea closest to them — which are also the most valuable?
Blood Phones and the Congo
The slaughter in the DRC is intricately linked to electronic components carried by millions of people in the United States and Europe.
Purge of the Marabouts: Salafists Target Tunisia’s Islamic Heritage
The cultural and religious assault Islamic extremists are mounting in Tunisia recalls the Taliban’s demolition of the Buddhas of Bamiyan.
Bizarre Belligerence on the Korean Peninsula
What the North Korean leadership is hoping to achieve by its belligerence is anyone’s guess, but the aggressive U.S. response has only escalated tensions.
Ntaganda: What? No Bail Bondsmen in the Hague?
Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda, arraigned by the International Criminal Court, had the temerity to request his release until the start of the trial.
The Assassination of Dr. King and the Suppression of the Anti-War and Peace Perspectives
The assassination of Dr. King raises uncomfortable questions.
Changing of the Guard All Too Common in the Central African Republic
Leading a rebel group may be the best way to be taken seriously in a country with weak political and civil institutions.
An Agreement on Arms — With No Teeth
While the Arms Trade Treaty doesn’t do anything to affect American gun owners, it’s so weak that it doesn’t seem to affect anybody at all.
Civil Society and Entrepreneurs Call on World Bank to Clean Up Energy Lending
Over 55 development, faith, human rights, community, and environmental groups from more than 20 countries teamed up today to ask World Bank President Jim Kim to end Bank support for all fossil fuel projects unless the projects are solely focused on directly increasing energy access for the poor.
Civil Society and Entrepreneurs Call on World Bank to Clean Up Energy Lending
Over 55 development, faith, human rights, community, and environmental groups from more than 20 countries teamed up to ask World Bank President Jim Kim to end Bank support for all fossil fuel projects unless the projects are solely focused on directly increasing energy access for the poor.
Under-Taxing the Rich Is Uncivilized
We all pay for those cuts down the road.