Journalist Marvi Sirmed is still telling stories about honor killings of women in Pakistan though she’s now more than 7,000 miles away from her home country, Jaclyn Severance reports for… Read more »
Recognizing the difficulties some European countries face in completely abandoning oil and gas supplies in a short time, a new Russian anti-war committee urges Western democracies to redirect payments for… Read more »
Ukraine’s remarkable resilience will be highlighted when President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses members of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday amid Russia’s ongoing war against his country, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate… Read more »
Living conditions in Cuba systematically deteriorated over the past decades. Many troubles could be avoided in the future if better political and economic institutions were established on the island, the… Read more »
It is no accident that Americans are united in their support for Ukraine, according to historian Anne Applebaum (right). A large, bipartisan majority, for example, back the U.S. decision to… Read more »
Putin’s aggression in Ukraine has created a window of strategic opportunity for Washington and its allies. If the democracies don’t waste the moment, then a lasting result of the Ukraine… Read more »
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on March 3, the West will “get over” its “hysteria” about Ukraine. I am afraid he might be right. And I am afraid of… Read more »
A military revolt against Putin is more possible now than it was before the invasion of Ukraine, but the odds against it remain long. Wars like Putin’s can breed resentment… Read more »
The roots of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine can be traced back to the defining event of Ukraine’s modern history: the Holodomor, or “hunger-extermination” of the 1930s, reports suggest. Today, as… Read more »
The use of sanctions has risen sharply in recent years, according to the Global Sanctions Database, a project from Drexel University that has become the most comprehensive tally of its… Read more »