GlobalPost — Worldview

Opinion: Silenced in the Sahara

Timothy Kustusch — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:52:43 +0000

"Saharawi Gandhi" was expelled from the Western Sahara and is now on hunger strike.

Opinion: Silenced in the Sahara

Timothy Kustusch — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:52:43 +0000

"Saharawi Gandhi" was expelled from the Western Sahara and is now on hunger strike.

Opinion: How to finance the war in Afghanistan?

C.M. Sennot — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:32:09 +0000

A question that, for Obama, is likely to hit home all the way over there in China.

Opinion: How best to get things done in Afghanistan and elsewhere

Mort Rosenblum — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:35:15 +0000

Or, the art of speaking loudly behind a door firmly closed.

Opinion: In France, l’Etat is no longer moi

Mort Rosenblum — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:41:07 +0000

Dodging corruption charges and facing jail time, French leaders go out of their way to give Louis XIV a bad name.

International visitors buoy US tourism industry

Susan E. Reed — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:30:37 +0000

Despite dreary economic times, a favorable exchange rate beckons foreign tourists to the majestic Grand Circle and beyond.

Opinion: Everyone missed signs of change in eastern Europe

Tom Fenton — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:43:46 +0000

While reporters did not foresee the fall of the Berlin Wall, the on-the-ground reporting was important.

"Damned United" and the tragedy at Leeds

Mark Starr — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:56:59 +0000

A genuine soccer movie tells the story of Brian Clough, the greatest soccer coach in England to never coach the national team.

Opinion: Nigeria proposes reform of oil industry

John Campbell — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:39:28 +0000

President Yar'Adua puts forward new legislation but it looks unlikely to effectively reform the industry.

Opinion: Stuck in neutral?

Michael Moran — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:42:54 +0000

Some Europeans who steered clear of the Cold War may be wavering 20 years later.

The European School: a microcosm of EU integration

William Echikson — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:32:41 +0000

Czech and Slovak students don't dwell on their countries' communist past.

Opinion: How history's first draft got it wrong

Michael Goldfarb — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:34:00 +0000

The fall of communism in eastern Europe was not, as Francis Fukuyama wrote, "the end of history."

Opinion: Gay rights go global

Peter Tatchell — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:22:30 +0000

Homophobia still rules much of the world, but gay people are winning gains in nearly every country.

How 'bout them apples?

C.M. Sennott — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:24:06 +0000

The U.S. can't compete with China's cheap labor costs and mega orchards in the global apple trade.

Opinion: How consumer choices can drive environmental change

Stephan Faris — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:38:17 +0000

When businesses realize that eco-friendly alternatives will help their bottom line, they take action.

Opinion: Incorporating lessons from Iraq

Mort Rosenblum — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:55:22 +0000

Rather than destroying a country in order to save it, turn to the hard slog of nation-building.

Opinion: The day after the Wall fell

Michael Moran — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:55:03 +0000

The fears of Germany and its neighbors in 1989 have largely been resolved by 2009.

Opinion: ALS, Lou Gehrig and Michael

Mark Starr — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:16:33 +0000

How one man's struggle with ALS called on Major League Baseball to take a stand.

Opinion: "Old fox" Mugabe outwits others

Douglas Rogers — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:56:04 +0000

Power-sharing government achieves some improvements but Mugabe still rules with iron fist.

Opinion: Why sanctions aren't the answer for Iran

Joel Brinkley — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:45:32 +0000

America needs to understand that punitive measures aren't going to keep Iran in check. Not when Russia and China have a lot to lose.

Opinion: Educating our way out of the crisis

Desmond Bermingham — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:34:41 +0000

After global finances and climate change, education should be number three for the G20.

Crossing the border, 1990

Michael Moran — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:47:20 +0000

After the Berlin Wall fell, Michael Moran explored the strange new world on the border of East and West.

Afghanistan: The fog of war

Finbarr O'Reilly — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:51:19 +0000

Video: Embedded with Canadian troops, photographer Finbarr O'Reilly captures the confusion and chaos of a worsening conflict.

The sinister echoes of November 9

David Binder — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:30:27 +0000

Germans might not celebrate the day the wall came down, but they are secure in their unity, writes David Binder.

Book excerpt: "Emancipation"

Michael Goldfarb — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:30:26 +0000

Michael Goldfarb's new book looks at how liberating Europe's Jews from the ghetto led to revolution and renaissance.

Italy, the CIA and rendition

Michael Moran — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:56:26 +0000

Analysis: What Wednesday's stunning verdict in Rome means for the "War on Terror".

Opinion: Remembering a good news story

HDS Greenway — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:03:23 +0000

Despite looming questions, the first few days after the Berlin Wall fell were glorious.

Opinion: It's liberty at stake in a warming world

William H. Luers and Amy L. Luers — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:33:17 +0000

US Congress and Obama must seize the moment in Copenhagen to preserve liberty for future generations.

When the hammer hit the wall it felt "ja gut!"

Pete Hamill — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:13:21 +0000

Pete Hamill remembers those heady days 20 years ago when the symbol of Soviet domination was bludgeoned to rubble.

Emancipation: obscured by the Holocaust

Michael Goldfarb — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:50:25 +0000

In his new book, Michael Goldfarb reveals a century-and-a-half of Jewish liberation usually obscured by later horrors.

Emancipation: Moses Hess to Theodore Herzl

Michael Goldfarb — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:49:55 +0000

In his new book on the liberation of Europe's Jews from the ghetto, Michael Goldfarb looks at the legacy of Moses Hess.

Emancipation: the Jewish reformation

Michael Goldfarb — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:45:31 +0000

In his new book, Michael Goldfarb discusses Jewish attempts to integrate into modern society.