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December 22, 2023

Venezuela
Venezuela: The Rise and Fall of a Petrostate

Venezuela’s ongoing descent into economic and political chaos is a cautionary tale of the dangerous influence that resource wealth can have on developing countries.

People walk past an oil-themed mural in Caracas, Venezuela.

July 26, 2023

United States
How the U.S. Patrols Its Borders

President Joe Biden’s attempts to grapple with a record number of migrants are keeping the role of border enforcement at the center of the U.S. immigration debate.

An aerial photo of a line of people sitting near a white pickup truck. They are facing a border barrier.

September 20, 2023

Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa’s ‘Leaders for Life’

Sub-Saharan Africa is home to many of the world’s longest-ruling heads of state. Pro-democracy advocates have at times successfully stopped presidents from extending their mandates, but the authorita…

A worker throws away campaign posters of President Yoweri Museveni after Uganda’s 2021 election.

November 17, 2008

Spain
Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) (Spain, separatists, Euskadi ta Askatasuna)

A profile of ETA, a terrorist separatist group operating in the Basque regions of Spain and France.

July 7, 2005

Bosnia and Herzegovina
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: A Decade After Srebrenica

This publication is now archived. What’s the status of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)?The ICTY was established in 1993 by the U.N. Security Council to bring to j…