
World

Empty Pans and Full Streets: Venezuela’s Continuing Crisis
Venezuela’s economic crisis has driven the nation to the brink.

Nollywood: Piracy, Post-Colonialism, and Pan-Africanism in Nigeria’s Film Industry
Every day, three or four films, made on an average of 12,000 U.S. dollars each, come out of Nollywood.

Unearthing Mexico’s Skeletons
Two years ago, forty-three students disappeared from Ayotzinapa, Guerrero.

Turkey vs. ISIS vs. The Kurds: U.S. Grapples With Allies at War
Operation Euphrates Shield has entered Syria. But who is Turkey really fighting: ISIS or the Kurds?

The Ceasefire in Syria
Alexander O’Neill explains what the recent Syrian ceasefire accomplishes, and what it doesn’t.

Returning from the Jungle: Reintegration in Post-Conflict Colombia
Last month, Colombia signed a peace deal with FARC, the nation’s largest rebel group, ending the longest armed insurgency in the Western hemisphere. But for FARC’s child soldiers, many of whom have grown up in the jungle, the struggle to reintegrate is just beginning.