There are all sorts of enclaves in the world—communities whose worldview, moral values and lifestyles differ significantly from those of the surrounding society. A basic requirement for the survival of such enclaves is social and psychological mechanisms to prevent contamination from the outside.

Working With the Grain urges development practitioners to get their hands dirty—even if it means less preaching about “good governance” standards for growth.

Back in Woodie Guthrie’s day, they sang songs in praise of snipers—notably, not American snipers, but snipers nonethless.

Americans like to think that perfect solutions to social problems can be engineered with enough hard work and good will. With abortion policy, at least, that can’t be done.

A pair of suspiciously clean passports have led former Front National President Jean-Marie Le Pen to believe that Paris’ Charlie Hebdo attacks were a conspiracy on the scale of the alleged Secret Service coverup behind September 11.

Reportedly reflecting French and Italian wishes, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini circulated a paper arguing that Europe should ease sanctions on broad sectors of Russia’s economy should the Kremlin show a willingness to cooperate on Ukraine.

Boko Haram’s recent attacks in Baga and elsewhere have created 20,000 refugees in only two weeks. Those displaced will stretch the resources of Nigeria’s fragile neighbors who already face Boko Haram raids of their own.

Is Francis greening? As well as moving to the Left? I’m beginning to worry.

Putin’s Russia and Germany’s Far Right are a match made in heaven. Just ask Marine Le Pen, who has been accepting Russian rubles to fund her campaign since November.

Boko Haram militants hoisted a bomb on a ten-year-old girl in one of the terror group’s most heinous attacks yet.