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The Yemen Ceasefire: A Successful Truce or a…
A sign of hope has reached the crisis in Yemen, as the internationally-recognized Yemeni government and Houthi…
Here’s To New Friendships: US-Cuba Relations and…
Barack Obama's speech in Havana, on the 21st of March, was addressed to an engaged crowd of Cuban citizens…
Obama’s Nomination: How Garland Can Break the…
On March 16, 2016, President Obama nominated Merrick Garland to fill Antonin Scalia’s seat on the Supreme Court…
The EU-Turkey Refugee Deal is Impossible (At Best)
President of the European Commission Jean-Paul Juncker, when the European Union announced its recently-struck deal…
Tech and Technicalities: Apple’s Fight Against the…
In mid-February, a federal judge ordered Apple to work with the FBI on technical assistance in the recovery of the …
The Democratic Establishment: Casually Republican
Front and center in American politics recently has been the rightward shift of the Republican Party and a…
Republicanism and Islam in the Banlieues
The Paris attacks this fall brought to the fore the threat of European citizens recruited by ISIS returning to…
Update on Palestinian Teachers’ Strike
Here is another pleasant surprise and update on one of the articles I recently wrote about an over-one month long…
Fora Dilma: A People’s Quest to End Corruption
In Rio de Janeiro, where music and dancing are continuous, a different kind of party took place on the streets of…
Avoiding the Second Cold War
On Monday, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced that Russia would begin withdrawing select parts of its…
American Foreign Policy Post-Elections: A Forecast of…
Many are breathing a sigh of relief that the U.S. Presidential primaries seem to be finally approaching their end,…
Slovakia’s Elections: Neo-Nazi Tinged Politics
Global newscasts and headlines rarely turn their attention to Slovakia, since low debts and steady growth in an EU…