From France, an Unexpected Call for a Ceiling on CEO Pay
Our modern societies, top French politicos fear, just might ‘explode’ without one.
When the Left Is Right…Far Right
How is it possible that so many left voters in France are willing to choose a far-right candidate in the second round of the presidential elections?
Witnessing The Birth Of A New Nationalist World Order
The world urgently needs a new generation of democratic internationalists — or there won’t be much of a world left when Trump’s confederacy of oligarchs gets through with it.
Taking Our Sweet Crude Time
World leaders are resolving to stop cooking the planet after they’re dead.
France Down With Same-Sex Marriage and Adoption
France is the ninth country in Europe and fourteenth in the world to legalize gay marriage.
U.S. Could Take a Lesson From France on LGBT Rights
Same-sex marriage and adoption move forward in France.
The In Amenas Fiasco Throws Cold Water on the Algeria-U.S.-France Love Fest (Part Two)
The Algerian hostage crisis was not only both a human and political fiasco, but its regional implications are still evolving.
The Mali Blowback: More to Come?
Western intervention–ostensibly on humanitarian grounds–is largely responsible for the Malian crisis in the first place.
Mali, France, and Chickens
As in: come home to roost.
From Here to Timbuktu
One longs for the heyday of ancient Timbuktu, when African scholars pored studiously over learned manuscripts in quiet libraries.
No Military Solution in Mali, Emira Woods Says
The co-director of the Institute’s Foreign Policy In Focus project discussed the African conflict on the PBS NewsHour.
Where’s Joe the Plumber When You Need Him?
Without someone at least ranting about sharing the wealth, no one’s talking about sharing the wealth.
Hunger Striking for Disarmament in France
French anti-nuclear activists are hunger-striking their way onto the political agenda.
Waiting for Copernicus
Maybe the end of the Washington consensus is finally upon us.
The End of Austerity in Europe?
A Hollande victory in France would tip the balance of power in Europe and put an end to the hegemony of the austerity paradigm.