Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The women-led revolt in Iran calls for the respect for and implementation of Iranians’ basic human rights and political freedoms. The EU must take a strong stance against the execution of peaceful protesters and gross violations of fundamental rights, using all the instruments at its disposal.
For the first time in nearly 40 years, Russian authorities arrested an American journalist on espionage charges. Evan Gershkovich of the Wall Street Journal was detained on Wednesday while reporting in central Russia.
Future U.S. military interventions are likely, but costly failures need not be. A more effective policy requires Washington to rethink its view of military intervention: it is not a hammer for all nails but a specialized tool best used sparingly and carefully.
Authoritarian tools forged to control Palestinians are now being turned on elements of the Israeli Jewish population.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s effort to weaken Israel’s democracy—and the public’s stunning resistance—has unsettled the country.
The Supreme Court’s Unwelcome Forays Into Foreign Policy
Viktor Orbán benefits from EU and NATO membership while undermining these organizations’ core values. Hungary’s allies must find ways to restrain Budapest and not be held hostage.
Warsaw’s resistance to deepening European integration cannot be ignored by other EU capitals. To bridge conflicting perspectives on the union’s future, Brussels must engage in dialogue with Poland while insisting on respect for the rule of law.
KNX In Depth's Charles Feldman and Rob Archer discuss the chaos in Israel with mass protests and a hardline government coalition that is now pausing its judicial overhaul plan. Aaron David Miller is a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace..
Aaron David Miller appears on CNN Newsroom to discuss the protests and strikes in Israel relating to Netanyahu's proposed judicial overhaul.