Since 2010, big money has flooded U.S. politics following a Supreme Court ruling that interpreted the First Amendment expansively. Is reform possible? Opponents of the Citizen United ruling protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court, 20 January 2012 (Photo By Bill...
NATO continues to grow in size but not necessarily in strength. Can the 70-year-old military alliance withstand forces weakening its foundations? Today, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is celebrating a big birthday: It’s been 70 years since the world’s most...
Philippine President Duterte’s war on drugs has killed thousands of citizens extra-judicially. Can the country still be called a democracy? Filipino Dennis David (center) holds a picture of his son, who was a victim of a drug-related killing, as he attends a...
The regime in Venezuela clings to power amid hunger and misery, in the face of a U.S.-backed opposition. Are we seeing the Syria scenario again? People collect water from a leaking pipeline, Caracas, Venezuela, 11 March 2019 (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) When a little...
It may not seem like it today — with Brexit, nationalism and a resurgent Russia on its borders — but the EU was created to promote stability. Pro-EU protesters outside parliament in London, 13 March 2019 (EPA-EFE/Andy Rain) It may be hard to believe that the European...