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President Obama Compromised U.S. Security to Burnish His Legacy

By Sen. Jim Inhofe

Iranian State Television Faked My Rape

By Masih Alinejad

How to Change Course in Central African Republic

By Evan Cinq-Mars

The U.S.-Afghanistan Prisoner Swap Doesn't Signal Peace on the Horizon

By Michael Kugelman
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India’s Rapes Too Often Excused as ‘Boys Will Be Boys’

Let’s stop saying that half the human race is inherently aggressive, predatory and incapable of transformation.

By Mallika Dutt

Extremism Is a Concept Alien to Islam--And to Human Decency

Like hundreds of other Ahmadi Muslims, Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar was murdered only for his faith. Combined, education and compassion can conquer such extremism.

By Qasim Rashid

Modern-Day Singapore Pays a Price for Globalization

The city-state has done all it can to succeed in the global marketplace, only to end up feeling some unease at having its distinctive sense of place eroded.

By Andrés Martinez

The U.S.'s Hypocritical Stance Against Chinese Hackers

The problem with taking a stand against China is that we've also been stealing secret data from them, a longstanding practice on both sides as old as the Cold War.

By Bruce Schneier

China's Strategic Campaign to Steal Western Commercial Secrets

The indictment lays down an important marker that strategic intellectual property theft will be treated as a serious breach.

By Michael Chertoff

5 Promises Narendra Modi Must Break

The newly elected Prime Minister will have to reverse course on some campaign pledges if he wants to turn around India's economy.

By Shikha Dalmia

Too Many of Nigeria's Women Are Targets—Not Just the Kidnapped Girls

When Nigerian states adopt sharia laws that are in their application blatantly unfavorable to women, it creates an environment in which a terrorist group like Boko Haram believes it has a right to do as it pleases with girls without prosecution.

By Sefi Atta

#BringBackOurGirls: Hashtag Activism Is Cheap--And That's a Good Thing

The campaign, started by parents and activists in Nigeria without power or resources, has pressured the country and world to act.

By Laura Olin

The Nigerian Schoolgirl Kidnappings Are None of Our Business

The goal of U.S. foreign policy should always be tightly tied to protecting American lives, interests and property.

By Nick Gillespie

Erykah Badu's Oppressively Apolitical Stance on Human Rights

The singer claimed ignorance, then got defensive, about her performance for an African dictator--and is scheduled to sing for another dictator later this month.

By Thor Halvorssen and Alex Gladstein

With Status Quo On Its Side, Israel Happily Rejects Peace

Palestinian reconciliation and Hamas are just more excuses in a long line of them to suspend negotiations.

Why Obama Hit Pause

An Iran deal may be possible. Getting Israelis and Palestinians to make peace may not be

By Joe Klein

Pollard Release Seems Justified

It surely makes little sense to say that someone who has spent nearly 30 years in jail has not paid a severe price.

By Dennis Ross

On Ukraine, Obama's Munich Moment

Negotiating with another country’s territory as collateral has a long history—the most obvious example is from 1938.

By Garry Kasparov

The King And O

A series of disagreements have chilled the U.S.-Saudi relationship. But the two countries can’t do without each other

By Michael Crowley

Syria’s Latest Victim: International Law

The crisis in the Ukraine has rightly focused attention on the implications for international law as well as international relations. But it is not the only contemporary example of disarray in the defence of international...

By David Miliband
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