South America’s Narco-Candidates
Multimillionaire campaign donors crowd the political arena in Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia. Limited access to information about these donors raises significant concerns, as these donations take place in the world’s top cocaine...
The Warsaw Summit: Towards NATO 3.0
The NATO summit in Warsaw will be a historic one. On July 8th and 9th, for the first time since the 2014 Wales summit, leaders of the 28 member states convened to discuss the current security situation and the strategic plans of...
Visa Free by 2018? Africa’s Open Visa Policy
African citizens currently face some of the most stringent visa restrictions in the world. According to the Africa Visa Openness Index Report launched by the African Development Bank (AfDB), citizens of African countries require...
More People, More Problems? Not quite.
Traditional global development narratives would have you believe that the world’s perennial problems of thirst, hunger, and disease are caused by an excess of humans—that more people mean more problems. One leading...
From Exploiter to Exploited: China’s Offensive in Europe by Philippe Le Corre and Alain Sepulchre
A review of Philippe Le Corre and Alain Sepulchre’s new book China’s Offensive in Europe
Britain’s Warning Shot: What Hillary Clinton Should Learn from Brexit
The United Kingdom’s dramatic decision to leave the European Union has sent shockwaves throughout Europe and across the Atlantic. For American observers, the result, which a year ago appeared unthinkable, should give pause to...
Tribal Customary Law in Jordan: Sign of a weak state or opportunity for legal pluralism?
Strict Bedouin legal codes often overpower civil law in Jordan, drawing the state’s most basic sovereignty into question. To this day honor killings, revenge killings, and forced displacements occur frequently and often without...
The Economics of Humanitarian Assistance: What We’re Doing and How We Can Do Better
Entering the sixth year of the Syrian conflict, we’ve become all-too-familiar with the overtures of international NGOs and governments for humanitarian assistance to mitigate the refugee crisis. Yet such assistance, by and large...
Why Waiting for an Islamic Reformation is a Lost Cause
A review of Shadi Hamid’s new book Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle Over Islam is Reshaping the World
To bin Laden and Back: How one man’s journey offers a window into the absence of Arab secularism
Ibrahim Gharaibeh, intellectual and journalist, sits comfortably in the plush velour living room chairs of his Amman home, traditional Arabic sweets (and several bottles of less traditional wine) spread in front of us in an...