Foreign Policy in Focus

Iran Parliament plays to cheap seats by calling for Strait to be blocked in response to sanctions.

Defectors are leaking from the Assad regime as if it were a sieve.

North’s Korea’s gulag revealed in its all its horror and immensity.

Kaganga John acts locally to promote sustainable development in his Ugandan village, but he thinks globally.

Why are the organizers of the World Conservation Congress holding their meeting near the construction of a military base in South Korea that is destroying the environment?

Kadima and Likud part ways over the military draft in Israel.

Condoleezza Rice may be more interested in becoming Mitt Romney’s running mate than previously thought.

Libya’s first democratic election went comparatively smoothly. But it’s what comes next that poses the greater challenge.

States acquire WMD both for national security and to ensure that the ruling regime survives.

No politician in the U.S. can sell any more American war.

Central Asia dazzles the world with its energy sources.

International law exists in theory, not practice.

This article discusses Middle Eastern attitudes toward democracy and the role that the United States and others play in helping or hindering democratization in the Muslim world.

This article addresses the tactics used by corporations to appear as though they have solutions to environmental problems while, in reality, they are continuing the policies that cause the most environmental degradation.

Professor Vine addresses the status of American military bases, or “lily pads,” which exist in every continent and the economic and political implications of continued global military dominance.

Returning from war without psychological trauma is not necessarily good for veterans.

This excerpt from scholar and activist Lawrence Wittner’s autobiography recounts a visit to the Soviet Union and an unusual historical find.

Dresden and drones are a false equivalency.

His image isn’t bolstered by the latest rash of defections, but President Assad cares little about Western perceptions.

The Senate makes political hay over the martyrdom of Russian whistleblower Sergei Magnitsky.