World
A One-Way Ticket to Mars
It is 2026 and you have decided to move far away. You think it wise to pack sparingly—the flight will be cramped with a whopping three-seat limit—and you almost forget: the duration of your flight will be nine months. You…
An Interview with Mohammad Jibran Nasir, Pakistani Counter-Terrorism Activist
Maria Fernandez sits down with a driven and inspiring Pakistani activist who explains what he is fighting for and why his movement is turning heads all around the world.
Double Time: Building a Lasting Legacy for US Cybersecurity
The Obama administration makes moves to beef up cybersecurity.
Floggings, Beheadings, and the Western Narrative
In front of the busy Al-Jalafi Mosque in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, a short, pixelated cellphone video captures the graphic scene of a man being mercilessly flogged in front of hundreds of onlookers. A policeman shouts at the crowd that no…
Syria Re-Visited
The fourth anniversary of the Syrian civil war passed by in silence as the world and its leaders looked on. At the beginning of Syria’s fifth year of violent turmoil, the Michael Gordonof the New York Times described the country as…
A Mysterious Death and Argentina’s Uncertain Future
“No one can shut me up, […] no power can shut me up,” she bristled. On January 30, Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner appeared on national television and rebuked her critics. The incident exemplifies what her presidency has become:…
Autocracy in the Atolls
Given the pervasive threat of rising sea levels, the assault on democracy in the Maldives is the last thing the low-lying island nation needs.