Mohamad Ballan explores the Islamic State’s destruction of religious shrines in historical context. Matthew Barber reports on recent IS advances against Iraqi Kurds and the plight of the Yazidi mino…

Mercosur is under considerable internal strain. As at other times in the trade bloc’s history, shifting political winds and changing trade priorities have placed the member countries at loggerheads. …

April and May brought some of the most important movement on the anticorruption front of any two-month period in the past decade. Recapitulating briefly: - In April, the International Consortium of …

At the end of his current trip to Asia, Secretary of State John Kerry will be stopping in Jakarta and meeting with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretary-General Le Luong Minh. Alth…

Matthew Vickery discusses the Saharawis, people of the Western Sahara, and their largely unheard calls for self-determination. Shaimaa Abu Elkhir says that Tunisia’s draft constitution needs stronge…

Latin America’s corruption scandals of the past two years are moving slowly toward resolution. As they move forward, it is interesting to note that in a region that has been particularly protective o…