Earlier this week, the small nation of Tunisia held its first round of democratic elections under its new constitution. Michael Alter recounts Tunisia’s transition from dictatorship to constitutional democracy, and argues that the future is bright.
This Wednesday, four former Blackwater agents were sentenced for various counts of voluntary and attempted manslaughter with a count of murder for their role in the 2007 shootings in Baghdad that killed 17 Iraqis and wounded nearly 20 others. According to Kwame Newton, private military contractors should be subject to the same legal standards as American troops.
Empowering the Kurds to export their own oil could slow their preparations for independence without compromising the fight against ISIL.
If Afghan farmers are to have a chance of escaping the Taliban-controlled informal economy, the U.S. and its NATO allies must incorporate them into a legitimate supply chain.
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