With the future of liberal democracy hanging in the balance, what next?
Robert Muggah | Open democracy Last week one quarter of American voters lit the world on fire. By voting in Donald Trump as their forty-fifth...
America’s dominance is over. By 2030, we’ll have a handful of global powers
Robert Muggah | World Economic Forum The world's political landscape in 2030 will look considerably different to the present one. Nation states will remain the...
I’m Muslim, but My Roommate Supports Trump
Romaissaa Benzizoune | Nov 13, 2016 When she outed herself to me as a Trump supporter, I realized I had finally found the “silent majority.”...
What Is a TinyLetter? Like Ye Olde Blog, but Less Public
Let’s recap — not the election or imposture of Mr. Trump, but the trajectory of the mass-distributed personal update. In the beginning, there was...
Where Even Nightmares Are Classified: Psychiatric Care at Guantánamo
Secrecy, mistrust and the shadow of interrogation at the American prison limited doctors’ ability to treat mental illness among detainees. Every day when Lt. Cmdr....
How a joke about Sisi’s fridge has strained Cairo-Riyadh ties
Saudi Shura Council head Abdullah Al-Sheikh’s unannounced visit to Cairo on Nov. 3 was apparently Riyadh’s positive response to Gulf mediation efforts to calm...
Defeat likely spells the end of Clinton Dynasty
Daniel Halper & Marisa Schultz | Nov 10, 2016 Hillary Clinton’s second defeat in her quest for the White House — capped by a humbling concession...
Teflon Trump upsets the applecart
Najma Minhas | Nov 10, 2016 Donald Trump, the bombastic, alleged women groper, becomes the forty-fifth President of the United States of America. The liberal...
Fear of a Female President
Peter Beinart | Oct, 2016 Hillary Clinton’s candidacy has provoked a wave of misogyny—one that may roil American life for years to come. Except for her...
Inside Syria Part 1: In The City Of Allepo You Have A Million Ways To Die And No Chance To Escape
Syria is in the midst of one of the bloodiest wars in the modern history. Millions of people are either dead or displaced and...
Afghanistan Itself Is Now Taking In the Most Afghan Migrants
SAMARKHEL, Afghanistan — There is one country in the world that is now taking in more Afghan migrants than all the countries in Europe...
Dalai Lama: Behind Our Anxiety, the Fear of Being Unneeded
In many ways, there has never been a better time to be alive. Violence plagues some corners of the world, and too many still...