‘Run them over’: The rise of a new Sinophobia and its dangers to us all
More than 1,000 acts of racism against Asian Americans have been reported since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis.
More than 1,000 acts of racism against Asian Americans have been reported since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis.
The battle for Idlib underscores Russia’s increasing dilemma on how to deal with Turkey as Moscow becomes increasingly active on key MENA dossiers in which Ankara has high stakes.
The U.S. is acting to undermine the legitimate work of a treaty-based international court that steps in only where national courts do not conduct genuine investigations or prosecutions of serious international crimes
Some have written Trump’s political obituary with the fallout from the coronavirus, but in our post-truth era, his xenophobia and nationalism may end up helping his reelection chances.
Concerted efforts to systematically weaken nations can no longer be considered responsible governance by national leaders.
A parallel narrative that unfolded alongside the post-9/11 wars exposes the utter irrelevance of the national security state as currently constituted.
The COVID-19 outbreak, while frightening, presents an opportunity to reconsider some of our fundamental assumptions about sovereignty, international relations, and global power itself.
The Bush administration cracked the U.S.-European alliance and the Trump administration appears poised to finish the job.
Whether defined as a partnership or an alliance, U.S.-NATO-Turkish relations will continue to face the test of confronting common challenges.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s call for lifting the economic sanctions on Iran is an appropriate gesture, and history has shown that Iranians never forget those who have extended a helping hand.
We shouldn’t be too surprised that the Trump administration even mischaracterizes the theories behind its policies.
The federal government has partnered with commercial airlines to ferry Americans to, from, and in between foreign countries before. Why isn’t it happening now?
Investments in critical human needs, from diplomacy and global health initiatives to build economic resiliency and mitigating the growing climate crisis, have been gutted to bankroll our endless wars.
As the crisis worsens, it’s likely that Donald Trump will seek to acquire more emergency powers to the executive branch, likely with broad public support.
It’s important to separate warning from prediction and look out for blame shifting to the intelligence community.
Saudi Arabia is already fomenting one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises — why are we asking them to help solve another?
Fostering good governance means fighting the xenophobia and crude nationalism that so often poison the political climate that is conducive to it.
The Trump administration isn’t relenting on its ‘maximum pressure’ campaign on Iran because it exists to create a humanitarian crisis.
U.S. sanctions have begun to shift Tehran’s nuclear calculus. Now, COVID-19 may have provided Tehran with the opportunity to make a dash for the bomb.
The only viable way of managing the crisis is not a shrinking of the public space in favor of the state, but a widening of the public space in partnership with the state in order to meet the challenge.
The Trump administration’s attempt to interfere with the International Criminal Court, simply because it is investigating Americans, is uniquely perverse.