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Behind the Violence in Ethiopia
Harry Verhoeven | August 29, 2016 | Foreign Affairs Will Its Experiment With Ethnic Federalism Work? When U.S. President Barack Obama visited Africa a year ago, he ended his five-day tour by visiting Ethiopia, the continent’s second-most-populous country. He enthusiastically praised Addis Ababa for its role in regional peacemaking, most visibly in and between Sudan and … [Read more...] about Behind the Violence in Ethiopia
20 Big Questions about the Future of Humanity
September 1, 2016 | Scientific America We asked leading scientists to predict the future. Here’s what they had to say 1. Does humanity have a future beyond Earth? “I think it’s a dangerous delusion to envisage mass emigration from Earth. There’s nowhere else in the solar system that’s as comfortable as even the top of Everest or the South Pole. We must address … [Read more...] about 20 Big Questions about the Future of Humanity
Iraq’s hangmen are back and this time they’re becoming more efficient
Robert Fisk | Thursday 25 August 2016 | The Independent Sunnis have been the principal victims of the largely Shia hangmen now carrying out the ‘democratically elected’ Iraqi government’s executions You’ve got to hand it to Iraq’s executioners. Since the days when they had to yank on a hanging man’s legs to break his neck in American-occupied Iraq – because their … [Read more...] about Iraq’s hangmen are back and this time they’re becoming more efficient
Why Turkey Went to War in Syria
Faysal Itani | August 24, 2016 | Foreign Policy It’s fear of a Kurdish state — even more than the Islamic State. But things could get complicated with Washington supporting Kurdish rebels. The United States may finally have a professional military ally against the Islamic State in Syria. The Turkish-led assault on the northern Syria town of Jarablus, which was held by the … [Read more...] about Why Turkey Went to War in Syria
Does Henry Kissinger Have a Conscience?
Jon Lee Anderson | 20 August 2016 | The New Yorker Last March, when President Obama travelled to Argentina to meet with the country’s new President, Mauricio Macri, his public appearances were dogged by protesters who noisily demanded explanations, and apologies, for U.S. policies, past and present. There are few countries in the West where anti-Americanism is as … [Read more...] about Does Henry Kissinger Have a Conscience?
In Pursuit of the African Dream
Ty McCormick | August 19, 2016 | Foreign Policy Two brothers risked everything for a better future thousands of miles from home. Their crushing story of failure reveals a continent’s broken immigration system. MOYALE, Kenya-Ethiopia border — Tears slipped down Mishamo Hosiso’s cheek as he trudged silently through the desert. Four slender frames moved through the … [Read more...] about In Pursuit of the African Dream
Of washing powder, Afrophobia and racism in China
Roberto Castillo | August 11, 2016 | The Conversation Is Afrophobia really on the rise in China? Roughly two months have passed since the Qiaobi detergent advertisement went viral. The advert, in which a Chinese woman shoves a black man into a washing machine only for him to emerge as a shiny, clean, Asian man, prompted Western media to call it “the most racist ad … [Read more...] about Of washing powder, Afrophobia and racism in China
Israel Proves the Desalination Era Is Here
Rowan Jacobsen, €nsia | July 29, 2016 | Scientific America One of the driest countries on Earth now makes more freshwater than it needs July 19, 2016 — Ten miles south of Tel Aviv, I stand on a catwalk over two concrete reservoirs the size of football fields and watch water pour into them from a massive pipe emerging from the sand. The pipe is so large I could walk … [Read more...] about Israel Proves the Desalination Era Is Here
Last Call to Cash In on a Vicious Civil War
Justin Lynch | August 5, 2016 | Foreign Policy Two-and-a-half years into South Sudan’s fighting, the U.N. might finally make it illegal to sell tanks and attack helicopters to the combatants. JUBA, South Sudan — Latjor Thiyang was sitting on his bed in a displacement camp protected by U.N. peacekeepers here in the South Sudanese capital of Juba last month … [Read more...] about Last Call to Cash In on a Vicious Civil War
The Kremlin’s Advantage
Eugene B. Rumer | August 2, 2016 | Foreign Policy Why Cyberwar Will Continue The hack of the U.S. Democratic National Committee emails, now widely attributed to Russian intelligence, has set off a political earthquake in the United States. The brazenness of the attack, the crude attempt to intervene in a U.S. presidential election, and the equally bald-faced denial in … [Read more...] about The Kremlin’s Advantage