Q&A A Fatal Accident in Zimbabwe Reveals the Costs of Informal Gold Mining Elliot Waldman Friday, March 22, 2019 Zimbabwe’s informal mining sector is in the spotlight after an accident at a gold mine killed at least 24 people last month. The deaths were entirely preventable, and another accident is likely if there is no long-term strategy to formalize Zimbabwe’s mining industry, Augustine Makoni says in an interview.
Africa Watch How State Security Forces Are Fueling Instability in Burkina Faso Robbie Corey-Boulet Friday, March 22, 2019 A report from Human Rights Watch documents 116 alleged killings by the gendarmes and other state agents in Burkina Faso. The violence, coupled with attacks by jihadist groups, has produced a full-blown security crisis. Read up on that and other stories from across the continent in our weekly roundup of Africa news.
Trend Lines Podcast The New Terrorist Threat Facing the West—and the Week’s Other Top News The Editors Friday, March 22, 2019 In this week’s editors episode of Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein, Frederick Deknatel and Elliot Waldman discuss the implications of white nationalist terrorism for Europe and the U.S. They also examine what Xi Jinping’s visit to Italy and France reveals about the EU’s internal divisions over how to engage with China.
How the U.N. Human Rights Council’s Rebuke of Saudi Arabia Could Reverberate Steven Feldstein Friday, March 22, 2019
Q&A A School Shooting in Brazil Complicates Bolsonaro’s Push to Ease Gun Laws The Editors Thursday, March 21, 2019
Column With a Cloudy Electoral Picture, Argentina Is Again Gripped by Uncertainty Frida Ghitis Thursday, March 21, 2019
Trend Lines Podcast How the Legacy of Its Failure in Sri Lanka Still Haunts the U.N. Today The Editors Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Column The Two Internal Threats to Western Democracies, Hiding in Plain Sight Judah Grunstein Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Do Proposed Reforms of the World Health Organization Go Far Enough? Jeremy Youde Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Q&A After Khashoggi’s Killing, the EU Can’t Stay United on Saudi Human Rights Abuses The Editors Monday, March 18, 2019
Why Demands for a Free Press Are Front and Center in Serbia’s Protests Zselyke Csaky Monday, March 18, 2019
Column It’s Time for America to Downgrade Its Alliance With Saudi Arabia Steven Metz Friday, March 22, 2019
Peru’s Militarized Response to Illegal Mining Isn’t Enough to Protect the Amazon Matthew C. DuPée Thursday, March 21, 2019
Tech Issues Should Also Be U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities in the 2020 Race Justin Sherman Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Q&A Pre-Election Political Infighting Drives Huge Public Sector Strikes in Portugal The Editors Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Column American Farmers Could Take Another Hit From Trump’s Trade Policies Kimberly Ann Elliott Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Column Trump Is Repeating the Mistakes of America’s Interwar Isolationists Stewart M. Patrick Monday, March 18, 2019
Africa Watch Macron Covers New Ground in East Africa, but France’s Basic Message Is the Same Robbie Corey-Boulet Friday, March 15, 2019
How the U.N. Human Rights Council’s Rebuke of Saudi Arabia Could Reverberate Steven Feldstein Friday, March 22, 2019
Q&A A School Shooting in Brazil Complicates Bolsonaro’s Push to Ease Gun Laws The Editors Thursday, March 21, 2019
Column With a Cloudy Electoral Picture, Argentina Is Again Gripped by Uncertainty Frida Ghitis Thursday, March 21, 2019
Trend Lines Podcast How the Legacy of Its Failure in Sri Lanka Still Haunts the U.N. Today The Editors Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Column The Two Internal Threats to Western Democracies, Hiding in Plain Sight Judah Grunstein Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Do Proposed Reforms of the World Health Organization Go Far Enough? Jeremy Youde Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Q&A After Khashoggi’s Killing, the EU Can’t Stay United on Saudi Human Rights Abuses The Editors Monday, March 18, 2019
Why Demands for a Free Press Are Front and Center in Serbia’s Protests Zselyke Csaky Monday, March 18, 2019
Column It’s Time for America to Downgrade Its Alliance With Saudi Arabia Steven Metz Friday, March 22, 2019
Peru’s Militarized Response to Illegal Mining Isn’t Enough to Protect the Amazon Matthew C. DuPée Thursday, March 21, 2019
Tech Issues Should Also Be U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities in the 2020 Race Justin Sherman Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Q&A Pre-Election Political Infighting Drives Huge Public Sector Strikes in Portugal The Editors Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Column American Farmers Could Take Another Hit From Trump’s Trade Policies Kimberly Ann Elliott Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Column Trump Is Repeating the Mistakes of America’s Interwar Isolationists Stewart M. Patrick Monday, March 18, 2019
Africa Watch Macron Covers New Ground in East Africa, but France’s Basic Message Is the Same Robbie Corey-Boulet Friday, March 15, 2019
How the U.N. Human Rights Council’s Rebuke of Saudi Arabia Could Reverberate Steven Feldstein Friday, March 22, 2019
Column It’s Time for America to Downgrade Its Alliance With Saudi Arabia Steven Metz Friday, March 22, 2019
Q&A A School Shooting in Brazil Complicates Bolsonaro’s Push to Ease Gun Laws The Editors Thursday, March 21, 2019
Peru’s Militarized Response to Illegal Mining Isn’t Enough to Protect the Amazon Matthew C. DuPée Thursday, March 21, 2019
Column With a Cloudy Electoral Picture, Argentina Is Again Gripped by Uncertainty Frida Ghitis Thursday, March 21, 2019
Trend Lines Podcast How the Legacy of Its Failure in Sri Lanka Still Haunts the U.N. Today The Editors Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Tech Issues Should Also Be U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities in the 2020 Race Justin Sherman Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Column The Two Internal Threats to Western Democracies, Hiding in Plain Sight Judah Grunstein Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Q&A Pre-Election Political Infighting Drives Huge Public Sector Strikes in Portugal The Editors Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Do Proposed Reforms of the World Health Organization Go Far Enough? Jeremy Youde Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Column American Farmers Could Take Another Hit From Trump’s Trade Policies Kimberly Ann Elliott Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Q&A After Khashoggi’s Killing, the EU Can’t Stay United on Saudi Human Rights Abuses The Editors Monday, March 18, 2019
Column Trump Is Repeating the Mistakes of America’s Interwar Isolationists Stewart M. Patrick Monday, March 18, 2019
Why Demands for a Free Press Are Front and Center in Serbia’s Protests Zselyke Csaky Monday, March 18, 2019
Africa Watch Macron Covers New Ground in East Africa, but France’s Basic Message Is the Same Robbie Corey-Boulet Friday, March 15, 2019
