Did U.S. aid win hearts and minds in Afghanistan? Yes and no. Renard Sexton - January 6, 2017 [caption id="attachment_52140" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A nurse weighs a child at
A Trump-Duterte bromance would be complicated — but so are U.S.-Philippine ties Victoria Reyes - December 16, 2016 [caption id="attachment_51364" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Police crack down on anti-U. S.
The U.S. needs a new approach to counterinsurgency. This is what it can learn from El Salvador. Sam Winter-Levy and Nikita Lalwani - December 7, 2016 [caption id="attachment_50556" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Al-Nusra Front fighters in the town
Organ traffickers lock up people to harvest their kidneys. Here are the politics behind the organ trade. Asif Efrat - December 7, 2016 [caption id="attachment_50644" align="alignnone" width="960"] (Bigstock)[/caption] Pakistani police recently raided an
Trump is making China angry. Could China undermine the U.S. in Latin America? Luis Schenoni - December 3, 2016 Many experts suggest that the rhetoric and politics of President-elect
Which election forecast was the most accurate? Or rather: The least wrong? Pavel Atanasov - November 30, 2016 [caption id="attachment_49524" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A voter casts a ballot at
Is China ready to budge on the South China Sea? Here’s why compromise is possible. Eric Hyer - November 16, 2016 [caption id="attachment_49643" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Filipino protesters burn a U.S. flag
President Duterte is talking tough. Will it cost the Philippines? Andrew Yeo - October 28, 2016 Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is taking a dim view of
Of course Donald Trump goes low. That’s the populists’ winning style. Benjamin Moffitt and Pierre Ostiguy - October 20, 2016 Over the past two weeks, Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has
NATO members are supposed to be democratic. What happens when Turkey isn’t? Michael Poznansky and Keith Carter - October 13, 2016 We measured "democracy" to show why the U.S. may be willing to look the other way.