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Euro 2012 and the Price of Repression

The Ukranian president's ruthless tactics are isolating what should be a leading Eastern European nation.

Peaceful Protest and Palestinian Rights

Gains from the Palestinian hunger strike were meager, but they may be enough to sustain a new form of dissent.

The Overblown Chen Case

The Chen case says much more about China and its leadership than about the United States or its leaders.

A New Infrastructure for Intervention

Obama's announcement of the Atrocities Prevention Board makes sense only if the goal is to intervene much more frequently.

Stop It with the Kony 2012, Already

Washington reviles the LRA yet supports Arab tyrannies guilty of human-rights abuses on a vastly larger scale.

North Korea's Gulag Exposed

Survivor testimonies bring fresh scrutiny to a ghastly system of prison camps run by Pyongyang.

The Consequences of Communal Preferences

What America can learn from the Indian and Malaysian versions of affirmative action. 

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May 26, 2012