... insurgency parallel governance corruption courts Pakistan Mullah Omar Donald Trump 143 The Taliban are no longer a shadowy insurgency; they are now a full-fledged parallel political order. The Taliban s War for Legitimacy in Afghanistan ASHLEY JACKSON AND FLORIAN WEIGAND More than seventeen...

... of California Nicole Hirt Africa North Africa Horn Africa migration human trafficking refugees Libya Sudan Eritrea Ethiopia European Union Spain Italy Israel authoritarian rulers Muammar el-Qaddafi Omar al-Bashir 175 In the long run, a policy whose main focus is on improving so...

...Omar G. Encarnación Despite a storied history, the human rights movement … has not fared well in the twenty-first century. © 2017 Current History. All rights reserved. 2017 The Regents of the University of California Omar Encarnación human rights liberal international order...

... elections Hamid Karzai Ashraf Ghani Abdullah Abdullah Barack Obama Pakistan George Bush Taliban Mullah Omar al-Qaeda Islamic State China 136 What divides Afghans more than ethnicity or ideology is an unwillingness to share power and a winner-takes-all approach to politics. Afghanistan...

...Omar G. Encarnación It is premature to gauge the full impact of the developed West’s effort to sell gay rights to the developing world, but the early returns are not auspicious … © 2020 Current History. All rights reserved. 2020 The Regents of the University of California Omar Encarnación...

...Omar G. Encarnación The gay rights movement has emerged as the defining human rights cause of our time. © 2014 Current History. All rights reserved. 2014 The Regents of the University of California Omar Encarnación human rights gay rights gay marriage homosexuality international...

... of California Abyei Richard Williamson Sudan Omar Hassan al-Bashir South Sudan Salva Kiir Sudanese civil war Comprehensive Peace Agreement Sudan People's Liberation Movement Abyei Border Commission 171 If events go as planned, southern Sudan in just weeks will separate from...

...Omar G. Encarnación In many instances human rights violations are better confronted as a political problem rather than as an ethical or legal challenge. © 2011 Current History. All rights reserved. 2011 The Regents of the University of California international justice International...

... Omar Hillary Clinton Barack Obama International Security Assistance Force NATO 131 It is a hallmark of intractable conflicts that the distance between the status quo and the conflict s inevitable resolution can appear unbridgeable. Such is the case with today s Afghanistan. For the first...