International Relations

Gawker, but for international affairs

Something’s missing from the mix of existing international affairs publications. Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, International Affairs, New Internationalist, World Politics Review, IRIN — all very earnest and sometimes abstract. Latterly was meant to address the…

Analysis

Terrorists are still killing aid workers. Why?

The murder of at least seven…

Who’s worse, Assad or the opposition?

The information war in Syria is rapidly obscuring the fact that…

Russian interest in Syria doesn’t extend to Syrian refugees

Moscow is willing to go to war. It’s less…

A brief history of what the hell is going on in Venezuela

Hugo Chavez’s biggest policy error has…

In an effort to be happy

I’m trying a new thing. It’s both personal and for Latterly readers. Something to counteract all the cynicism that comes at us digitally. Every Monday, we’re going to publish something happy that will help you live better. The reason is I’m pretty sure all the hate, sadness and snark…

The ICC is a joke. People have laughed at it.

South Africa formalized its withdrawal from the…

Introducing: Even more ideas

When I started Latterly magazine back in October 2014, my goal was to send great stories into the world—the kinds of stories you’d talk about with friends, with great characters and lots of drama. But behind those individual narratives are complex and powerful political…

All Along the Massacre

Can a Haitian slum child become a diplomat?