Elizabeth Shackelford: South Africa’s election could bring a reckoning
The African National Congress is finally being called to task in South Africa's election for its failure to deliver better lives for its people.
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Elizabeth Shackelford: An alarming number of people are suffering displacement across the world
As of mid-2023, 110 million people were forcibly displaced globally. Mass migration can carry destabilization elsewhere.
Elizabeth Shackelford: College protests and the right side of history
Student protesters' approach most closely echoes the protests against South Africa’s apartheid government.
Elizabeth Shackelford: With war and US dysfunction, NATO at 75 faces an uncertain future
Time is not on NATO’s side, and any significant delay in the passage of additional American aid for Ukraine could be fatal.
Elizabeth Shackelford: As Russia’s actions demonstrate, our world order is fraying
If America is unwilling or unable to cajole its friends to abide by a set of international standards, what hope do we have of reining in the bad acts of...
Elizabeth Shackelford: Haiti can’t right itself without restoring security — and a working government
Haiti's history of foreign intervention makes it critical that some credible Haitian authority be in place to sign off on a foreign force.
Elizabeth Shackelford: With Israel, the United States isn’t as weak as it’s acting
Israel has a significant dependence on the United States for its ability to wage war. But you wouldn’t know it by how America is acting.
Elizabeth Shackelford: Dysfunction in US makes it clear that Europe is at risk for outsourcing its security
Most European countries have taken steps recently to address defense shortcomings, but they’ve nearly wasted two years with a lack of cohesiveness and urgency.
Elizabeth Shackelford: Sudan falls apart while the world looks away
How can the world be so attentive to the plight of Gaza’s civilians and so unconcerned with those in Sudan?
Elizabeth Shackelford: Iran is at the tipping point. Will the US exercise its political will with Israel?
The latest war between Israel and Hamas is the biggest conflagration in the Middle East today, but sparks and fires are emerging across the region. Each provides ample opportunity to...