Militarization of space In early August, Vice President Mike Pence renewed a call by the Trump Administration for the U.S. military to create a “Space Force.” The...
After ISIS, the Kurdish question The Kurds have played a key role in the Syrian war. With U.S. military aid, a Kurdish militia called the YPG has done a large share of the ground...
Project Exile: After colleague’s death, Russian journalist fears return “It said that all Russian journalists who support Ukraine might be killed. My name was on the list.” Kseniya Kirillova thought her stay in the...
Arctic shipping grows as ice melts For hundreds of years, European explorers sought a direct sea route from Europe to Asia. Now as Arctic ice melts, just such a route is opening across...
Europe confronts Russian hacking There has been broad fallout from Russian efforts to hack the 2016 U.S. election, including sanctions, worsening relations between the two countries...
Estonia a test case for Russian hacking threat Estonia e-voting grows despite tampering concerns Tiny Estonia might seem an unlikely place to see the future of technology. (Credit:...
Gay rights in Russia Over the past year, authorities in the Russian republic of Chechnya have reportedly arrested dozens of gay men, in some cases imprisoning them for...
Renewed threat from chemical, biological weapons In April, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's air force dropped bombs containing sarin nerve gas on a rebel area in northern Syria. Around 100 people...
Project Exile: Tajik journalist moves to Poland after threats "People from the government burst into my father-in-law's house and told him that I was leading an illegal channel." Distributing independent news...
Turkmenistan’s silent election Most people outside of Central Asia know little about the gas-rich desert nation of Turkmenistan. The former Soviet Republic has virtually no...
