Foreign Policy in Focus

Gerald Scarfe’s cartoon may not have been anti-Semitic, but running it on Holocaust Memorial Day only added fuel to the fire.

With Japanese militarism on the rise, Okinawan leaders bring an angry appeal for peace to Tokyo.

Fissures are beginning to appear in Isaias Afewerki’s dictatorship.

The U.S. recognition of Somalia as a sovereign and equal partner entails new responsibilities for both parties.

As Washington does with Beijing and Taipei, Serbia practices strategic ambiguity with Kosovo.

An interview with a commander of the Moro National Liberation Front in the Philippines.

Non-nuclear weapons states forget that the nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty exists at their pleasure.

Money that the European Commission provides to Bulgaria to fund Roma inclusion projects is diverted elsewhere.

In Refugee Hotel, the authors give us captivating insight into the despair that confronts many refugees upon their landing, without re-victimizing their characters.

The Algerian hostage crisis was both a human and political fiasco and its regional implications are still evolving.

Moving toward a comprehensive policy of engagement with Cuba is in the national interest of the United States–and is certainly in the best interests of Alan Gross.

Drones are becoming increasingly ubiquitous, not to mention — however artificially — intelligent.

Amidst the Middle East’s ongoing conflicts and turmoil, the Kurds of northern Iraq may come out on top with an independent state.

The recent attack on a Bulgarian politician who champions immigrant rights wasn’t a clear-cut case of ultra-right nationalism.

Will Hegel follow in Panetta’s ideological footsteps when it comes to the Air-Sea, Cold War style battle in the Pacific?

Exactly what is waterboarding a prisoner 83 — or 183 — times supposed to accomplish?

“Soft power” doesn’t work when it’s a fig leaf for military dominance.

British objections to how Algeria handled its hostage situation and a recent visit by one of its boy bands to Ghana highlight U.S. and European condescension towards Africa.

On Obama’s second inauguration, let’s challenge our society to look at how well we are addressing the “giant triplets” of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism.

Is Syria just another proxy war?