Good to Know: Nationalism and democracy Eun A Jo - September 29, 2025 Democracy needs more than a good story.
Good Playlist: Human rights are for all of us ▶️ Kelebogile Zvobgo - December 10, 2024 Here are some songs to inspire action this Human Rights Day.
Russia’s using ‘dark’ tankers to evade Western oil sanctions Jan Stockbruegger - December 7, 2022 Sanctions-busting creates a higher risk of accidents and oil spills, if vessels operate outside global regulations
NATO was founded to protect ‘civilized’ people. That means White. Amoz JY Hor - April 10, 2022 Four historical examples show how much race has always mattered in defining ‘Western civilization’
Russia is about to plunge into financial crisis. How will citizens react? Tom Pepinsky - February 27, 2022 If Putin wants to stop a bank run, he doesn’t have good options
Would China’s move to join this transpacific trade pact push the U.S. to rejoin? It’s complicated. Kristen Hopewell - September 27, 2021 Membership would probably place China firmly at the center of regional and global supply chains.
Fights over marine boundaries are creating safe zones for pirates Brandon Prins, Anup Phayal, and Aaron Gold - August 4, 2021 New research reveals how contested waters have become maritime hot spots
Don’t expect regional organizations to rein in coups Emmanuel Balogun and Aarie Glas - July 13, 2021 Here’s why ASEAN and ECOWAS stumbled after recent coups in Mali and Myanmar.
The Kremlin has a new toolkit for shutting down independent news media Tom Paskhalis, Katerina Tertytchnaya, and Bryn Rosenfeld - June 28, 2021 Worldwide, authoritarians are finding less overt ways to shut down independent news — and independent outlets are finding new ways to stay alive
Two of China’s Belt and Road projects reveal a flaw in the G-7′s new global financing plan Alvin Camba - June 28, 2021 For some countries, megaprojects have political and infrastructure goals