Commentary / World Nov 5, 2019

Democracy is on the march worldwide, not in retreat

Mass protests in country after country show how powerful the demand for social equality remains

Commentary / World Jul 22, 2019

So what if Trump plays the race card

He's hardly the only politician to realize that ethnic nationalism is a means of creating a cohesive political community.

Commentary / World Feb 12, 2019

See Iran's revolution as Iranians do

It was not about "Muslim rage." It was a rebellion against a Westernized, undemocratic technocracy.

Commentary / World Jun 22, 2018

The America before Trump wasn't so fantastic either

Making a better future requires an unsentimental reckoning with the past.

Commentary / World Jun 15, 2017

Why the media keeps missing political earthquakes

The widely embraced political certainties of the 1980s and 1990s are dead, and those who still cling to them are condemned to repeat, "I was wrong."

Commentary / World Aug 23, 2016

Suu Kyi's greatest challenge is to share power

Myanmar's new government should strive to accomodate the country's ethnic minorities through greater autonomy and federalism.

Commentary / World Jul 29, 2016

A brutal majority in Kashmir and elsewhere

The rise of a rabid majoritarianism is part of a larger rejection of politics based on reason and dialogue.

Commentary / World May 10, 2016

Trumpism suffers a loss in London

Trumpism, or the politics of hate and fear, suffered a major defeat last week with the election of a Muslim as mayor of London.