Seeking to consolidate the country’s status as the “national homeland of the Jewish people,” the Israeli cabinet voted two weeks ago in favor of a hotly contested Jewish State Bill.
Continue reading Protecting Jewish Sovereignty, Ignoring Arab Minority
An agreement on climate was not the only thing to emerge from last week’s APEC summit.
Continue reading A Meeting in China: Part of Something Bigger
Twenty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, divisions between Europe and Russia remain in Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine — mostly due to Vladimir Putin.
Zihao Liu explains how the agreements reached at last week’s APEC Summit will affect the future of Sino-Japanese relations.
In a speech on October 24, British Prime Minister David Cameron railed against an “unjustified and sudden” bill from the EU demanding £1.7 billion from Britain by December 1. In light of growing “euro-skepticism” across the UK, Ali Peterson examines the repercussions of leaving the EU from Britain’s point of view.
Conna Walsh discusses the implications of the recent trade pact between India and Vietnam, and its significance for territorial conflict in the South China sea and China’s regional hegemony.
The scene on the ground in Libya today is one that few intended when they first took up arms against the Gaddafi regime in 2011. What went wrong?
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.
Following Blaise Compaore’s resignation from the presidency in Burkina Faso, the United States and its Western allies must ensure a peaceful, yet expedient, transition of power.
Continue reading Unrest in Burkina Faso Could Mean Trouble for the West
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