Social media companies want to create a “safe” environment for users, and yet they would like to be seen as upholding the American value of free speech. When it comes to hate speech, what should they do? For years, social media companies have done relatively little to keep hate speech off of...

What are the challenges ahead for young people in Europe? These activists give their view. The Congress of Young Europeans, organized and hosted by the Heinrich Böll Foundation, among others, was a unique gathering of 70 young activists and future politicians from across Europe. Held in Prague,...

Can East Asian nations help develop an Indo-Pacific security architecture? Contesting International Society in East Asia, edited by Barry Buzan and Yongjin Zhang, provides an account of how remnants of colonial thought and the distinct civilizational inheritances of East Asian countries have...

With strongman politics on the rise around the world, democracies like India should be worried. Political “strongmen” are leaders who rule by force and with a sense of entitlement under the garb of democracy. The facade of democratic structures and institutions used by them distinguishes these...

Some parts of America are in a collective coma that has overwhelmed a collective conscience. I happen to like to listen to country music, Christian preaching, evangelical problem-solving and right-wing radio. So, I had a lot to listen to on my recent solo car and camping journey through West...

Skyrocketing debt, Wall Street deregulation, a fraying social safety net and a diminished dollar could soon leave the United States looking like Greece. Donald Trump is the epitome of “irrational exuberance.” You might remember that phrase from the 1990s. Alan Greenspan, the head of the...

India sees growing uncertainty as the rupee is failing and confidence in Modi’s government waning. Ruling parties tend to be optimistic and point to the silver lining whenever a looming crisis appears on the horizon. Al Jazeera describes the continuing weakness of the Indian rupee and what it may...

The Trump administration has a deeper and darker agenda than simply reviving peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians. On August 31, the Trump administration announced that it was suspending all financial support for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). In 2016,...