Foreign Policy in Focus

A Facebook advertisement sends the message that the Obama campaign does not welcome concerns about human rights.

In his remarks to the Australian parliament on November 17, President Obama declared that the U. S. was making the Asia-Pacific region a top priority.

South Korea is on the verge of political change, and the anti-base movement in Jeju is a key part of the shift.

Tunisia’s economy is crying out for state intervention.

After Islamist parties won three elections in a row, Chicken Littles threw up their hands in horror.

When it comes to attitudes toward gays and lesbians in Africa, donor countries need to conjure up all their skill to walk the tightrope between mindfulness and meddling.

Indian dams threaten Pakistani water sources.

Tunisia’s future is in the grasping hands of its new ruling party, Ennadha.

A study commissioned by the largest defense industry trade association says that military spending creates jobs. The facts, however, indicate otherwise.

We can be sure, however, that as long as Liberty Square and occupations around the world remain sites of contestation, disputed spaces riven by multiple claims, they will continue to be spaces of appearance, stages for actors, action, and the spectacular production of democracy.

The climate conference in Durban has led some observers to conclude that developed countries are engaged in a form of apartheid against the rest of the world. But Nnimmo Bassey hopes negotiators will heed the voices of the people.

The MEK has been stranded in Iraq by the United States.

The Democratic Party has tried to out-hawk Republicans since the early days of the Cold War.

The oil industry becomes more susceptible to sabotage every day.

Attitudes toward democracy are on the decline in Latin America, and U.S. foreign policy isn’t helping.

In the U.S. refusal to track down the downed drone in Iran, Iran finds yet another cassus belli.

The administration defense policy shop Center for a New American Security calls for ending counterinsurgency in Afghanistan.

At Durban, international negotiators are fiddling while the world burns.

The fight to stop a facility dedicated to nuclear pits — where the chain reaction occurs — is finally experiencing some success.

Australia is rapidly re-posturing in the face of a militarized East Asia.