NATO at 70
This year, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is celebrating its 70th anniversary, making it the longest and, in turn, most successful military pact in history. Starting with 12 members,…
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The Rise and Fall of the Saudi Prince
The Washington Post journalist and Saudi national Jamal Khashoggi’s brutal killing at the Saudi Embassy in Turkey, which included him being tortured and his body dismembered, shifted allegiances to the…
Donald Trump’s Trade War With China: Will the American People Stand as Collateral Damage?
Despite the Republicans’ longstanding tradition of support of free trade, President Trump has initiated a trade war with China that is likely to intensify over the next few months, potentially…
Yemen: the world’s worst humanitarian crisis
Yemen: la peor crisis humanitaria en el mundo
More than ever before, Yemen’s population is at risk of massive starvation. This Middle Eastern country, the poorest of the region, has already experienced the greatest outbreak of cholera in…
The Two Koreas
Can we expect the end of the threat of a nuclear war between the two Koreas ? One month after ripping apart the Obama-era nuclear deal with Iran, President Trump is…
Mass Shootings: Made in the USA
Los tiroteos masivos en Estados Unidos
Every parent’s worst nightmare–a child sent to school, never to return. And the relentless question: how can a teenager with mental illness possess so many deadly weapons? For decades, the…
The Deep Roots of Ethnic Cleansing in Myanmar
Las raíces profundas de la limpieza étnica en Myanmar
Decades-long hatred between Myanmar Buddhist majority and its Muslim minority culminated in August with an ethnic cleansing campaign orchestrated by the Myanmar military in the Rakhine region. Soldiers, helped by…
Can President Trump Save the Coal Industry?
¿Puede el presidente Trump salvar la industria del carbón?
On the first day of June 2017, Donald Trump stood in the Rose Garden to announce his decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord. This agreement strives to limit…
The Recent Gulf Rift and Why it is Likely to Persist
On June 5, 2017 Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, followed by Egypt and Bahrain, severed diplomatic ties with Qatar. Early morning, the Saudi border was closed. The national…
Macron President: Why the Real Power in France is Still up for Grabs
In 2000, French President Jacques Chirac set in motion a reform of the presidential mandate meant to align the term of the Parliament to that of the President and avoid a…
The endgame in Syria
Desenlace en Siria
Back to the pre-Arab Spring era? In 2010, a young Tunisian street trader publically killed himself to protest against police harassment, sparkling a movement that eventually led to the demise…
Estados Unidos y la crisis siria: la influencia de la opinión pública en la política de no-intervención
Traducción a partir de la versión en inglés de David Medina Portillo La literatura actual sobre la influencia de la opinión pública en las intervenciones militares por lo general concluye…
