Foreign Policy in Focus

Bahrain finds an off-label use for tear gas as chemical warfare.

Ultimately, a vote for the Green Party presidential ticket is a vote for voting.

Jon Stewart, the premier political satirist of his generation, is one of a kind. Or is he?

Cockburn was famously fierce and could be absolutely scathing to those who disagreed with him, but his politics were always coherent and deep-seated.

Legalizing narcotics would strengthen democracy at home and abroad.

The treasures of Syria’s history are under attack from the military, rebels, and looters.

The prospects for a new war in the Sahel appear increasingly probable.

Despite being on the national security radar for 32 years, Ploughshares was still able to pull off a recent dazzling action.

Many entertainment figures, like George Clooney, have entered the world of punditry. But what happens when a pundit goes the other way?

Does it mean protecting nuclear plants or using nuclear weapons for national security?

Since the Arab Spring, artists have helped to foster a more vibrant civil society and pointed the way toward more durable democratic institutions.

The new North Korean leader likes Disney. But that’s not necessarily a sign that he’s leaning westward.

The recent elections in Mexico have created a youth-led movement for change.

Puzzling over the enduring enigma of the American public.

The government in Somalia has reportedly not been accountable with the foreign aid it has received, with much money arriving in powerful individuals’ pockets and not the general population.

Dr. Chomsky analyzes how the Magna Carta has become largely irrelevant in the world as the document nears its one thousandth birthday.

The Western-imposed sanctions on Iran undermine the U.S.’s diplomatic influence more than Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.

The arrest of a “suspected” Hezbollah operative who is “suspected” of a plan to kill Israeli tourists has become the equivalent of an actual terrorist attack.

In our strategic dialogue on Syria, Phyllis Bennis argues that military intervention would only make a civil war that much worse.

A look behind the worst race riots in Israel’s history.