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September 26, 2019 | The Boston Globe

At the Edge of a Warming World

Nestor Ramos

To the millions of us who visit Cape Cod once or twice a summer, the effects of climate change can seem subtle, if we see them at all: A breach in the dunes. A crack in the pavement. But once you know how to see what is shifting, changing and washing away, it is impossible to ignore. Come with us as we explore the Cape to better understand what climate change is doing here, what it means for the future of this beloved place, and what the cost of inaction might be.

April 25, 2019 | The Boston Globe

Iran Sanctions Redux—and Why a Blunt Cudgel Can’t Replace Targeted Tools

Indira Lakshmanan

Trump's risky recipe for foreign policy—mix sanctions, tariffs, and trade in a blender.

April 11, 2019 | The Boston Globe

Victory for Netanyahu — and a Risky Future for Everyone Else

INDIRA LAKSHMANAN

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

Indira Lakshmanan

The Brexit debacle shows us we are in an age of irresponsibility.

February 28, 2019 | The Boston Globe

Autocrats Rising, Democracies Flailing

Indira Lakshmanan

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

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

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?

Indira Lakshmanan

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.

Indira Lakshmanan

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

Indira Lakshmanan

A very Grinch-like Christmas at the White House.

December 20, 2018 | The Boston Globe

What Do Religious Voters Want? Definitely Not Piety.

Adam Willis

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

Indira Lakshmanan

TIME magazine’s acknowledgment of journalists shines a light on a vital public service that most citizens take for granted.