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April 25, 2019 | The Boston Globe
Iran Sanctions Redux—and Why a Blunt Cudgel Can’t Replace Targeted Tools
Trump's risky recipe for foreign policy—mix sanctions, tariffs, and trade in a blender.
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April 11, 2019 | The Boston Globe
Victory for Netanyahu — and a Risky Future for Everyone Else
Today’s a banner day for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and for President Donald Trump, who contradicted decades of U.S. policy to boost his friend’s reelection, including moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem and declaring Israel should keep the occupied Golan Heights.
March 14, 2019 | The Boston Globe
The Self-Inflicted Brexit Debacle—And Its Warning to Other Democracies
The Brexit debacle shows us we are in an age of irresponsibility.
February 28, 2019 | The Boston Globe
Autocrats Rising, Democracies Flailing
Pulitzer Center Executive Diretor Indira Lakshmanan on autocracy’s recent growing appeal both nationally and internationally.
February 13, 2019 | The Boston Globe
Opinion: With the Passing of Harvard Scholar Roderick MacFarquhar, Is Deeper Learning Dying?
Indira Lakshmanan writes about what the passing of Dr. Roderick MacFarquhar means for academia.
February 07, 2019 | The Boston Globe
Can the US Get It ‘Just Right’ in Venezuela?
Indira Lakshmanan on how to encourage democracy in Venezuela—under increasingly precarious circumstances.
January 25, 2019 | The Boston Globe
Opinion: Eight Years Since Arab Spring, Is There Hope for Middle East Democracy?
Pulitzer Center Executive Editor Indira Lakshmanan evaluates today's political landscape in the Middle East.
January 10, 2019 | The Boston Globe
Opinion: The Biggest Terrorist Threat to America Isn’t a Migrant Caravan. It’s Still ISIS.
Is fixation on the Mexican border a distraction from ongoing crises abroad?
December 27, 2018 | The Boston Globe
Opinion: The Grinch, the Wall, and the High Cost of Trump’s Ineffective Border Policy
A very Grinch-like Christmas at the White House.
December 20, 2018 | The Boston Globe
What Do Religious Voters Want? Definitely Not Piety.
In the Philippines and in the United States, foul-mouthed, womanizing, Biblically illiterate populists have won the democratic support of Christian voters. Why? What do religious voters really want?
December 12, 2018 | The Boston Globe
Trump and the World’s Autocrats Want to Silence Journalists. But the Truth Will Come Out
TIME magazine’s acknowledgment of journalists shines a light on a vital public service that most citizens take for granted.
November 28, 2018 | The Boston Globe
Opinion: It’s Not Too Late to Avert Catastrophe. First, Accept Climate Change Is Real
We can’t save ourselves if the White House stands in the way. Indira Lakshmanan discusses climate change in her column for The Boston Globe.