Foreign Aid In The Trump Era
President Trump used his speech at the U.N. Tuesday to threaten aid to countries not backing U.S. policies. The new tactic has aid groups concerned about humanitarian needs.
What NAFTA Without Canada Would Mean
NPR’s Scott Simon asks Bruce Heyman, former U.S. ambassador to Canada, how a NAFTA replacement that excludes Canada would affect U.S.-Canada relations.
Readers write: Examining Genghis Khan, fishing solution, the power of love, politics insight, solutions in France, reading back to front
The Aug. 17 Monitor Daily article “Russia takes a new look at an old enemy: Genghis Khan” was a very interesting history of an area rarely studied in classes. Take our geography quiz. What an outstanding statement the prime minister of Ethiopia, Abiy…
Iraq’s Kurdistan Region Heads To The Polls To Elect New Parliament
The United States’ closest allies in Iraq, the Kurds, vote for their regional parliament on Sunday, as the old leadership tries to adjust to disappointment among voters frustrated with corruption and stagnation.
Latest Collateral Damage In U.S.-Russia Spat: An Anglo-American School Is Shut
The Anglo-American School in St. Petersburg, a beloved institution in part of the expat community, had to shut following the closure of the U.S. and British consulates.
Reporter’s notebook: Watching as the world watches Trump
When President Trump this week regaled a fancy New York hotel ballroom full of journalists with a tale of how China’s leaders respect him for his “very, very large brain,” it rang a bell with me. Ah yes, I thought, as I observed the ripple of laughter…
Macedonians vote on their country’s name. Will they follow heart or head?
It is a display of muscular nationalism, built in the last decade, that has long antagonized Greece, Macedonia’s southern neighbor, which claims Alexander and many of the other historical figures as its own. For the Greeks, ancient Macedonia was Helle…
One reporter’s fascination with Siberia leaves readers asking for more
Fred Weir has the uncanny ability to help you understand the ideas and values shaping this complex, diverse, and fascinating country. Earlier this summer, Fred proposed a reporting trip to the eastern Russian republic of Buryatia. The goal: provide a …
Pope Francis Defrocks Priest Fernando Karadima, A Notorious Abuser In Chile
Karadima has been the face of the church’s sex abuse scandal in Chile. In 2011, a Vatican tribunal found him guilty of sexually abusing dozens of minors.
OluTimehin Adegbeye: How Can Cities Make Space For Their Most Vulnerable Residents?
OluTimehin Adegbeye says that in the world’s megacities, the most vulnerable get left behind — including in her city, Lagos. But it’s these people, she says, that most deserve space in modern cities.
The two Koreas eye a test zone for peace
One reason for a decline of armed conflicts in recent decades has been the use of an important tool in peacemaking: buffer zones between militaries. Most of the time, they maintain a temporary peace. Of all the buffer zones in the world, the most fam…
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