Suffocating Congo’s War / Foreign Policy
The following is in response to a rebuttal by the Enough Project to my previous Foreign Policy story, “How Dodd-Frank Is Ruining Congo.” In a badly…
How Dodd-Frank Is Failing Congo / Foreign Policy
Minerals are ruining lives. For several years now, in conversations about conflict and crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, this has been a common refrain.…
Come for the Golden Pagodas, Stay for the War Crimes / Foreign Policy
Lush fans of palm frame the scene on the cover of this month’s Travel + Leisure magazine. A white-jacketed waiter sets a table for four on…
#BringBackOurJournalists / Foreign Policy
There was never any cease-fire. War in Nigeria will not end anytime soon and the hundreds of schoolgirls from the northeastern town of Chibok kidnapped back…
Losing the Lonely War / Foreign Policy
Her hands showed every tendon, and her arms were like matchsticks. With a grayish tint to her face, Alma Abdulrahman, 27, spoke from a hospital bed…
Women Alert to Travel’s Darker Side / NYT
Between sun-seared shrubs and the collapsed remains of Istanbul’s Byzantine city walls, police found the body of an American tourist, Sarai Sierra, 33, in February 2013.…