China and the West: Friends, Foes or Frenemies?
Refugee children risk exploitation, trafficking abuses
They try to cross the Mediterranean with their families. But child migrants and refugees are at great risk of abuse, exploitation and human trafficking. The body of a 3-year–old Syrian migrant boy, Aylan Kurdi, lies on the sea shore, near Bodrum, Turkey, 2 September...
China and the West: Friends, Foes or Frenemies?
(David Schlesinger on China: “A Journey Towards Ambiguity”) By Nelson Graves Does China’s rise as an economic and military power mean an inevitable clash with the United States? Can China help defuse the nuclear threat from North Korea? And does...
Kurds under pressure to scrap independence vote
The Kurdish region of Iraq is under pressure to scrap an independence vote that critics say could hinder the fight against Islamic State militants. Kurds rally for an independence referendum in Iraq, Beirut, Lebanon, 17 September 2017 (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)...
Hay esperanza. Holding out hope for U.S. “Dreamers”
By Roberto Lopez It is September 12. Today I helped 21-year-old José, who had crossed illegally into Texas from Mexico with his family at age five, renew a request that the U.S. government delay his deportation and allow him to continue to work. For the third time in...
Sí, se puede: Finding the Purpose of Protest
The 2016 U.S. election woke up many young Americans who, like me, had limited their political participation to voting in presidential elections. Protesters demonstrate in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy, Los Angeles, 5 September...
Will wealthy Catalonia split from Spain?
By Robert Hart Spain is in the grip of its most serious constitutional crisis in years, with the government of the north-eastern region Catalonia, the wealthiest and most powerful of the country’s 17 autonomous regions, staging a fresh bid for full independence. The...
What’s next for the friendless Rohingya?
State-sponsored attacks on Myanmar’s Rohingya have created a humanitarian crisis and stoked worries of a prolonged insurgency that draws jihadists. A Rohingya woman arrives with her children at Kutupalong refugee camp after crossing from Myanmmar to the...
Can North Korea’s nuclear strategy succeed?
North Korea has drawn international opprobrium with its nuclear and missile tests. Can its leader, Kim Jong-un, win the respect he craves? An undated photo of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in an undisclosed location, released by the North Korean Central News Agency...
America’s problems coping with racists
Bernd Debusmann grew up in a post-war Germany still in ruins. His early reporting assignments included the first trial under German law of officials for their role in the Holocaust. By Bernd Debusmann History takes odd turns. Who would have thought seven decades ago...