The Politic Blog

Lawmakers must not taste the forbidden fruit and compromise our armed services: there is certainly no peace dividend to be found in our time.

The proverbial ball is in Russia’s court. Economic and diplomatic sanctions will continue to mount if the situation in Crimea does not deescalate.

Putin has seized the opportunity to use the crisis in Ukraine as display of 21st Century Russia, taking care to distinguish this military endeavor from Soviet-era tactics.

Putin’s actions in response to the crisis in Ukraine stand in direct contrast to his proclaimed stance on Syria.

Homosexuality is illegal in thirty-eight out of fifty-four countries in Africa, and Mauritania actually has the death penalty as an option

While Kristof’s op-ed is motivated by a genuine and indeed important concern about the inaccessibility of research in academic disciplines, it nonetheless makes vast and misleading generalizations.

Unfortunately, Ukraine was not the only violent place in the world this week: Venezuela is also being torn apart by a political conflict

It seems logical that after serving their sentence, felons should reassume voting rights, as their punishment has been served and they must reenter and engage with their communities.