World
Lessons from Belgium’s Favorite American Ambassador
Since taking office in 2009, U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Howard Gutman has caught the eye of the bilingual Belgian medias, garnering praise in the Belgian press and logging over one hundred appearances on Belgian television. He has championed a renewed…
Not In My Backyard
As China’s levels of carbon emissions rise, a growing number of activists are serving as the country’s environmental conscience.
Ghost Cities: A Tale of Two Chinas
It’s the best of times in China. With its GDP growing an average of 10 percent over the past 30 years, China has catapulted itself from rural obscurity to the world stage and overtaken Japan as the world’s second largest…
Waiting for Mohandas
Can Anna Hazare Bring Revolution to India? As India’s war on corruption continues to drag on, corruption seems to be winning. Scarcely a week goes by without news of another scandal, another public fund pocketed, or another vote bought. Amid…
A New Face for South America
Trouble Returns to the Falkland Islands On April 2, 2012, the thirtieth anniversary of the Falklands Wars, Argentina renewed calls for dialogue with Britain over the sovereignty of the Falkland (Malvinas) islands. After fighting a ten-week war in 1982, the…
Ukraine’s Old Bag of Tricks
Parliamentary Elections Highlight Inequalities of Power and Influence On October 28, 2012, millions of Ukrainians went to the polls to elect their new representatives to the country’s parliament — and to deliver their verdict on the performance of the ruling…
Born From the Stars: The Alawites in Syria
Considered a threat to the Islamic faith by many Muslims, the Alawites may hold the key to Syria’s future.
Springtime for Sahara?
Tracing back the origins of a region is probably the trickiest issue to deal with in the sphere of international relations. And, unsurprisingly, precisely such a dilemma of detecting the provenance has arisen with the cataclysmic Arab Spring that has…