By Robert Holloway The stakes in France’s election this spring could not be higher. When French voters elect their next president on May 7, the fate of the European Union, of the euro currency and of a decades-long push for continental integration will be in the...
Donald Trump shocked Europeans when he called NATO “obsolete.” But the threat the continent faces from Russia is not conventional war. Estonian soldiers during NATO exercise near Vilnius, Lithuania, 2 December 2016.(EPA/Olivier Hoslet) Is Donald Trump...
By Charlotte Crang On Saturday, I marched through London with women, ranging from little girls to pensioners, and their supporters. I was one of millions around the world who took to the streets to stand up for women’s rights and human dignity — the day...
By Tania Bagan The Mediterranean Sea is the most traveled, deadliest migration route on Earth. Last year, 5,079 migrants lost their lives trying to cross the world’s third-largest sea — 34 percent more than in 2015, according to the Missing Migrants Project....
By John Selkowitz When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, it marked the end of Communism in a nation that had been one of its strongest global advocates. It also marked a new reality: that a coalition of liberal democracies led by the United States had emerged...
In the midst of the Cold War, a Hollywood comedy challenged how Americans thought about Russians. There are still lessons to be learned. Half a century ago, in the midst of the deep, dark pit of the Cold War, a Hollywood comedy premiered that challenged everything...
With the election of Donald Trump and Brexit, the world is at a crossroads. We can close our ears to the pleas of the disaffected, or start to listen. Donald Trump welcomes Nigel Farage, left, ex-leader of the British UKIP party, at a campaign rally in Jackson, Miss.,...
This story won first prize in the university category in News-Decoder’s second essay/reporting contest. By Alina Kaur A cold Siberian October. The last leaves are falling from the trees in a soothing silence. Then you hear someone running through the grass,...
While racial and religious tensions have risen in Britain after the Brexit vote, Muslim players are quietly breaking down barriers in English cricket. Moeen Ali of England bowls against India in Perth, Australia, 30 January 2015 (EPA/Richard Wainwright) In many ways...
By Nelson Graves Let’s take time out from digesting Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election to look at a critical issue that is helping to shape politics in that country and around the world: terrorism. Terrorism sends shock waves around...