By Elizabeth Pond Willy-nilly, the Ukraine crisis turned German Chancellor Angela Merkel into the geopolitical as well as financial leader of Europe. President Joachim Gauck,...
By Jolynn Shoemaker As political pundits and campaigns ramp up for the 2014 midterm elections, the media is focusing again on the female vote and...
By Sarah E. Orndorff As I discovered while interning during the summer of 2013 at the Roza Otunbayeva Initiative*, a non-profit foundation in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan,...
Jill Zabel Throughout the world, authoritarian regimes imprison, torture, exile, and kill opponents that could challenge their leadership. Where holding office is the reward for...