All The Monitor's View
- From drought and storm to calm in California
Amid changing weather patterns, the state is finding a basis for security in a unity of caring for the environment.
- The armor of innocence in Ukraine
As Russia shifts from taking Ukraine to terrorizing its people, Western countries change their choices of weapons to offer the Ukrainian military.
- An African defense against dishonesty
In Ghana, countering cyberthreats and disinformation starts with civic unity and strong democratic virtues.
- The humility of contrition opens a healing path in Indonesia
A president’s deep regret over six decades of human rights violations sets the stage for the Southeast Asian country to heal old wounds.
- Earth’s protective layer of trust and unity
Progress in restoring the ozone layer provides a model in caring for the environment through global cooperation.
- Why Brazil dodged a military coup
Despite pleas from Sunday’s protesters for the military to join them in storming the capital, the top brass honored an election result – as well as civilian rule.
- Border solutions that bridge a political divide
Common concern for the rule of law shows that security and compassion are not incompatible.
- An Arab soccer tournament tackles corruption
The sport’s world body is letting Iraq host the Gulf Cup, citing better governance – a symbol of progress in Islamic nations.
- Israel’s strengths are more than arms and land
As a hardline government settles into power, the military’s outgoing chief upholds the wisdom of protecting noncombatants under international law.
- A very modern model of security for Ukrainians
Croatia’s entry into the inner sanctum of the EU, where principles are a source of power, is a model for Ukraine in defining a secure future.
- Colombia’s disarming compassion
The government’s peace agenda seeks to include rebel factions in the work of ending conflict through a caring response to communities torn by violence.
- A commander in chief’s prayer on the battlefront
In the darkness of winter and war, Volodymyr Zelenskyy evoked the light of innocence.
- A new climate of trust-building
Spurred by overlapping global challenges, humanity is finding innovative pathways to cooperation and unity.
- What a ban reveals in Afghanistan
The Taliban’s latest moves to restrict female freedom and education highlight the aspirations they cannot repress.
- Tenets of good in helping unhoused people
Federal and city officials are looking for solutions to homelessness. For one housing developer, renewing communities and individual lives starts with empathy.
- Africa's new era of humble leadership
The public’s demand for honest government is reshaping a continent beset for decades by corruption and misrule.
- The panic that wasn’t
In their honesty about what it will take to tame inflation, the world’s central bankers have helped keep consumer expectations aloft.
- Sunlight on the trading floors
Proposed rules affecting how stocks are bought and sold offer an opportunity to strengthen the public’s trust through increased transparency.
- A prod for honest governance
An alleged bribery plot linking Europe and Qatar points to the assets each has for strengthening accountability.
- Harnessing star power
The world’s first successful net energy gain through nuclear fusion is a measure of the infinite range of intelligence.