Venezuela is Collapsing. Here’s WhyVenezuela is on a rapid and precipitous decline. You might even say, as my guest today Francisco Toro wrote in...
How One Senator is Trying to Change America’s Alliance with Saudi ArabiaSenator Chris Murphy wants to change a bedrock relationship in US foreign policy. In April this year he introduced legislation...
Why Do These Hacking Deaths Keep Happening in Bangladesh?On April 25, a US Embassy worker, employee of USAID, and editor of Bangladesh’s first LGBT magazine was one of...
Why Did the USA Just Deny a Visa to a Heroic Syrian NGO Leader Visiting to Pick Up an Award?The head of the Syrian Civil Defense, or White Helmets as they are popularly known, has won a prestigious international humanitarian award....
UN Dispatch Q and A: Dominic Medley, Spokesperson of the United Nations Assistance Mission in AfghanistanOn 19 April Afghanistan made headlines again after the Taliban staged a coordinated assault on a key national security agency...
Meet the Heroic Nigerian Bishop Who is Sheltering Children Who Escaped Boko Haram CaptivityThe abduction of over 200 school girls in Chibok in April 2014 drew international attention to the crimes of Boko...
Will the Murder of an Italian Student in Egypt Change Anything At All?Relations between Italy and Egypt may have possibly reached an all-time low following the death of Italian student Giulio Regeni....
In Nagorno-Karabakh, A “Frozen” Conflict Turns Hot. Thousands of Lives Are Now Hanging in the BalanceThe worst tensions since a war killed thousands in the 1990s flared last week in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region in...
A New, Old Conflict in Western SaharaBan Ki moon visited a refugee camp in Algeria that is home to people displaced by conflict in Western Sahara...