Foreign Policy in Focus

From the comfortable alt-rock of PJ Harvey to the hypnotic antagonism of Anohni, new protest music offers a relief from the official rhythms of war and peace.

The victory of Sadiq Khan has “normalized” Muslims in UK politics in much the same way that JFK normalized Catholics in American politics. But American Muslims are still waiting for their JFK moment.

The next generation of Koreans could take part in a national revival of South Korea and put the ghosts of the 20th century to rest.

If the U.S. and China think they can grow at each other’s expense, they’re snookering themselves.

As the Paris climate deal nears implementation, the possibilities for corporate subterfuge are endless. But the real problem may be our own lifestyles.

The logic of military spending leads countries to effectively destroy their own property and burn down their own villages.

Here is one artist’s attempt to reconstruct what the Iraq War destroyed.

These children’s participation in ongoing atrocities represents an utter failure on the part of states and the international community to provide a minimum amount of stability and economic prosperity in precarious regions of the world.

Donald Trump and a majority of South Koreans believe that South Korea should have a nuclear weapon. Are they right?

Does the European idea still inspire the Union’s better angels, or is it a spent force?

He’s right that “world’s policeman” is not a viable role for the U.S. to play. Eventually, someone with a bigger brain and a smaller ego will pick up this message, run with it, and win big at the polls.

In the face of silence from Washington, the Clinton-backed coup government in Honduras is mopping up activists for democracy and indigenous rights.

For better or worse, the refugee crisis underscores that Turkey is part of Europe. Pretending otherwise could have disastrous consequences.

The legendary activist dedicated her struggles to martyrs in the fights against exploitation and imperialism. Now she’s become one herself.

In a world awash with weak states, powerful weapons, and crumbling institutions, conflicts can easily continue for generations — and perhaps never end.

The U.S. military apparently thinks Muslim women’s clothing choices — rather than, say, drone strikes — are a driver of terrorism.

By embracing a neoliberal, pro-austerity agenda, Poland’s mainstream left opened the way for a government of Polish Ted Cruzes.

As millions in Yemen face severe hunger, the United States continues to provide the Saudi invasion with arms

If Sanders wants political revolution, it doesn’t just mean taking our economy back from the billionaires; It means taking our foreign policy back from the carpet bombers.

South Korea severed its last important economic link with the North, as governments on both sides of the DMZ extinguish what little remained of the “sunshine era” of engagement.