Foreign Policy In Focus

The new North Korean leader likes Disney. But that's not necessarily a sign that he's leaning westward.

Two new films introduce the world's premier experts on militarism (hint: you won't meet them in Washington).

The Mike Daisey saga has shown that melodrama and sentimental fiction cannot alone change the world, but they have a place in progressive politics.

Why does the media treat a dead mouse as more important than an anti-war protest?

The Mexican poet speaks of his deep involvement in nature and literature.

When there's war all the time, there's no such thing as after the war anymore.

A poem about Gaza asks whether there is a poem in Gaza that hasn't been written?

The dissident, like the plant, does not kowtow to the sky.

A Vietnamese-American artist who arrived in the United States with one son and one shoe seeks to capture the debate on immigration in a huge mural.

A poem about Hillary Clinton's visit to see Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma.