Use incentives, not brute force, on the cartels, says a political scientist
Benjamin Lessing reckons they can be peacefully coerced into reducing violence
LATIN AMERICA’S struggles with crime and violence are both tragic and puzzling. Decades of mano dura crackdowns have only made things worse. Even relatively peaceful and prosperous countries have seen neighbourhood gangs band together into city- and nation-wide coalitions, governing vast urban areas. Imprisoned leaders order street attacks, hoping to force concessions, such as transfers to lower-security prisons. Kingpin killings by security forces and extraditions spark bloody succession battles.
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Europe must play to win—not just play nice—in a new space race, argues ESA’s boss
Josef Aschbacher, the European Space Agency’s director-general, says keeping up is not enough
The framework that ended Lebanon’s war in 2006 could help end this one too, says Tarek Mitri
Lebanon’s former foreign minister says any Israeli plan to reshape the country is a recipe for more chaos
Lebanon needs a new army in the south, says Yair Lapid
Israel’s opposition leader sees a way to turn war into a much-needed reset for the country
Philippe Lazzarini says the blows to humanitarian law in Gaza harm us all
The head of UNRWA, the UN’s agency for Palestinians, warns the world not to look away
Ernesto Zedillo says AMLO has left Mexico on the verge of authoritarianism
The former president exhorts Claudia Sheinbaum to opt for democracy
COP29 is greenwashing a dictatorship, writes Azerbaijan’s main opposition leader
Ali Karimli on the hypocrisy of holding the climate conference in a petrostate where dissent is silenced