David Rothkopf's Blog, page 17

U.N. Takes Over CAR Peacekeeping Mission, U.S. Reopens Embassy

Trash Talk: Angry Ukrainians Throw an MP in a Dumpster

Ruins and Rising in Luhansk

In eastern Ukraine, residents take advantage of a tenuous cease-fire to re-roof their houses, turn on the street lights, and see how they like their first taste of peacetime autonomy.

If a Clod Be Washed Away by the Sea, Europe Is the Less

In Scotland's far north, the Isle of Lewis -- closer to Reykjavik than to London -- ponders independence.

China's Social Media Underground

Fake terrorism threats, online dissidents, and smear campaigns by bogus accounts -- it's all part of Twitter's Chinatown.

This Isn't the Time to Go Wobbly on Slavery

The U.K. government has made a good start on its war on slavery. But it needs to get serious.

Dempsey Opens Door to Potential U.S. Ground Combat Role

#DavidHaines

Why the public reaction to one man's brutal murder could push Britain to become a stronger ally in the fight against the Islamic State.

The Moral Tragedy of Scottish Independence

The injustice of watching from England as the Scots destroy the United Kingdom.

What's in a Word? Confusion About U.S. Policy Toward Syria