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To mark the 21st anniversary of the Rwandan genocide: lessons from the “gacaca” courts, the country’s unique and ambitious community justice initiative.
To try to make sense of the terrible massacre of students at Garissa University College in Kenya, we must examine the intertwined history of Kenya and Somalia.
Polls in Iran and US underscore the mutual popular mistrust that could scuttle a final deal.
Opposition politics by progressives have long played a role in Chicago’s mayoral elections. Now incumbent Rahm Emanuel seems to have the role once held by the legendary Mayor Richard J Daley.
Tuesday’s Chicago mayoral run-off reveals fissures within the city’s Democratic infrastructure and demonstrates potential divisions in the national Democratic Party
The debate over the color of “the dress,” a social media phenomena, tells us a lot about how internet-wide opinions are formed and manipulated.
It’s the biggest federal agency you may never have heard of, but trouble at the Broadcasting Board of Governors spells trouble for US vital interests.
In hearing the case of a group determined to put an image of the Confederacy on a Texas license plate, the Supreme Court again examines the the limits of “offensive” speech.
The battle was among the bloodiest of World War II and left scars that still linger today.
What appears to be a peaceful transference of presidential power in Nigeria – unprecedented in the country’s history – has global significance in the fight against cultist jihadism.
In his long career, retiring Senator Harry Reid earned the grudging respect if not admiration of his worst political enemies.
The brutal mob attack on a young woman in the streets of Kabul reveals the instability of the Afghan government even after 12 years of US and NATO military support and aid.
The Presbyterian Church (USA) vote to allow gay marriage will have multiple consequences now and in decades to come.
When Republicans took over Congress, many observers predicted a goodbye to gridlock. Not so fast, however. Politicians say they hate filibusters – until they want to use them.
Tensions are high along the Nagorno-Karabakh/Azerbaijan border in the South Caucasus. But despite longstanding ethnic tensions, examples of cultural cooperation show a capacity for peace.
Got milk? Or: Just do it. Which is a more effective ad slogan? New consumer research probes how minds respond to questions in advertising ploys.
The Arab Spring began with a protest against police brutality. The dreams of those who took to the streets 4 years ago will not be realized until police forces change.
The US is just one actor in an important global non-proliferation regime that works towards preventing the spread of nuclear weapons.
“Oy givalt, don’t scare me like that!” But that’s exactly what candidate Benjamin Netanyahu did in the last five days of the campaign. And it worked.
The Nigerian Islamist group publicly made common cause with ISIS earlier this month – but what does it really mean?
Once China claimed to lead the way in equality for women. Today, women are warned they will be “leftovers” if they don’t produce children.
ISIS’s destruction of archeological treasures is horrifying but reflects a too-human history of obliterating the past of “enemy” cultures. Moreover, all is not really “lost.”
Our two scholars look at the longer term consequences of this week’s elections: in Israel and in the US.
Today’s elections in Israel could be one of the most significant in the country’s recent history.