America’s reluctance to prevent the Rwandan genocide was a policy failure on numerous fronts. In April 1994, ethnic Hutus began the systematic killing of their fellow countrymen, the Tutsis, in the sub-Saharan African country of Rwanda. Over...
Spain’s Catalonia region votes for independence this fall. For some, it’s a referendum on austerity policies that have crippled economies all over Europe. When voters in Spain’s Catalan region go to the polls on October 1, much more than...
The uncomfortable truth is that it is virtually impossible to separate Pakistan’s domestic security concerns from its external ones. What security challenges does Pakistan face? The facetious answer to this question is: Where does one start? One...
Aung San Suu Kyi fails to stand up to virulent nationalism based on ethnicity and religion that has led to the terrible persecution of a Muslim minority in Myanmar. This has been a week of natural and manmade disasters. Hurricane Irma has followed...
If you live in a GCC country, a good dinner party topic is the merits and demerits of a change in a peg. Authorities have been managing the quoted interest rate since the 2008-09 financial crisis. And for many, positive interest rates have not...
