http://www.fpif.org/issues/humanrights FPIF Issues: Human Rights Thu, 24 May 2012 05:16:38 -0400 en-us 38.906778-77.041481 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/HumanRights/~3/rpM-864brj0/moroccos_short-sighted_politics http://www.fpif.org/articles/moroccos_short-sighted_politics Mon, 21 May 2012 09:25:00 -0400 Morocco's democratic deficit, too often abetted by allies, has contributed to an unsustainable status quo both at home and in Western Sahara.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/HumanRights/~4/rpM-864brj0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/moroccos_short-sighted_politics http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/HumanRights/~3/svi1GWL5bjk/honduras_sovereignty_for_sale http://www.fpif.org/blog/honduras_sovereignty_for_sale Wed, 16 May 2012 11:19:31 -0400 A suffocated economy is the least of Honduras's concerns.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/HumanRights/~4/svi1GWL5bjk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/honduras_sovereignty_for_sale http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/HumanRights/~3/g9PY6twvK4M/lip_service_is_all_the_bahraini_opposition_will_ever_get_from_washington http://www.fpif.org/blog/lip_service_is_all_the_bahraini_opposition_will_ever_get_from_washington Wed, 16 May 2012 06:00:00 -0400 President Obama promised that he'd stop buttressing autocratic regimes, but Bahrain's popular revolt is still being crushed.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/HumanRights/~4/g9PY6twvK4M" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/lip_service_is_all_the_bahraini_opposition_will_ever_get_from_washington http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/HumanRights/~3/WXCZ4LEKZnA/syrian_kurds_fleeing_to_iraqi_safe_haven http://www.fpif.org/articles/syrian_kurds_fleeing_to_iraqi_safe_haven Mon, 14 May 2012 07:57:02 -0400 Iraq is better known for exporting refugees than receiving them. But Syrian Kurds are increasingly crossing the border.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/HumanRights/~4/WXCZ4LEKZnA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/syrian_kurds_fleeing_to_iraqi_safe_haven http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/HumanRights/~3/L0b-jv0GHCY/truce_between_salvadors_maras_for_real_-_for_now http://www.fpif.org/blog/truce_between_salvadors_maras_for_real_-_for_now Sat, 12 May 2012 17:53:58 -0400 The most significant story in Central America right now is also the most underreported.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/HumanRights/~4/L0b-jv0GHCY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/truce_between_salvadors_maras_for_real_-_for_now http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/HumanRights/~3/k4dA3CrY-xs/elections_and_instability_in_algeria http://www.fpif.org/articles/elections_and_instability_in_algeria Fri, 11 May 2012 10:41:00 -0400 The May 10 elections are not a sign that the Arab Spring is coming to Algeria.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/HumanRights/~4/k4dA3CrY-xs" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/elections_and_instability_in_algeria http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/HumanRights/~3/K1lKJMXUQnA/promoting_democracy_in_iran_is_not_only_wishful_thinking_but_belligerent http://www.fpif.org/blog/promoting_democracy_in_iran_is_not_only_wishful_thinking_but_belligerent Fri, 11 May 2012 09:28:57 -0400 Ethics aside, democracy promotion in Iran would take too long to prevent an attack by the West.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/HumanRights/~4/K1lKJMXUQnA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/promoting_democracy_in_iran_is_not_only_wishful_thinking_but_belligerent http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/HumanRights/~3/EHvaPznV-7E/review_the_islamists_are_coming http://www.fpif.org/articles/review_the_islamists_are_coming Thu, 10 May 2012 10:10:00 -0400 A new book looks at the implications of the rise of political Islam in the Middle East and North Africa.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/HumanRights/~4/EHvaPznV-7E" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/review_the_islamists_are_coming http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/HumanRights/~3/ifzPoAr9HZ4/morals_in_the_age_of_one_superpower http://www.fpif.org/articles/morals_in_the_age_of_one_superpower Wed, 09 May 2012 14:24:09 -0400 Can a superpower act morally in its foreign policy? Recent evidence of U.S. conducts suggests otherwise.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/HumanRights/~4/ifzPoAr9HZ4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/morals_in_the_age_of_one_superpower http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/HumanRights/~3/Qema2Sy9GTo/egypts_eternal_arab_spring http://www.fpif.org/blog/egypts_eternal_arab_spring Wed, 09 May 2012 09:40:27 -0400 Demonstrators converging on the Egyptian Ministry of Defense were beaten back by armed forces and police.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/HumanRights/~4/Qema2Sy9GTo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/egypts_eternal_arab_spring