All The Monitor's View
A fair US election with help from foreign friendsWith trust low in American institutions, official foreign observers of the election can help ensure transparency and accountability.
A new era of police reform – and moreFive months of protests and attempted reforms point to a society addressing the causes of violence.
Nudges to American unityPreelection divisions may seem high but both studies and activists point to how much people have in common.
Report card on gender equality in peacemakingIn the two decades since the U.N. called for more women in building peace, evidence has piled up that women do make a difference.
A nation of coups wants the army in the barracksProtests in Thailand persist because the world has steadily learned the benefits of civilian over military rule.
France’s alternative response to a beheadingThe government’s reaction to a barbaric murder can be an embrace of minority Muslims, not a stigmatizing of them.
Chile’s choice to reinvent itselfA vote on whether to rewrite the constitution would signal not only a new social compact for Chile but also hope for Latin American democracy.
The pandemic upends debate on migrationWith many borders closed and the flow of migrants down, countries rethink the benefits of hospitality toward new residents.
A light shines on Nigerian corruptionDays of mass protests have the potential to turn Africa’s largest economy toward clean governance.
A 'Club Med' of peaceful petrostates?More nations in the eastern Mediterranean are cooperating to tap offshore oil and gas despite Turkey’s belligerence. Latest example: talks between Israel and Lebanon over a maritime border.
Remedies for a global recession? That’s the idea.Economists wonder why the pandemic’s economic effects are not as severe as they expected. Every global downturn has spawned new and practical solutions.
It takes a city to protect treesCommunities thrive when they protect city trees against climate change.
A new resiliency lens in ending hungerThe World Food Program not only deserves this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts against a pandemic-driven surge in hunger, it also deserves a nod for its new view of individuals in distress.
The noble harmony behind peace prizesNot all recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize make peacemaking look easy. Yet most do assume harmony is an assured norm.
Concern for the election, diligence from votersEarly signs from mass mail-in voting show states and voters are being civic-minded about the integrity of the process.
A peace pact’s surprise in ColombiaConfessions of assassinations and kidnappings by former rebel leaders help keep truth-telling at the center of a postwar process of reconciliation.
The pandemic’s bloom of startupsApplications for new businesses are way up in the U.S., a sign of creative and courageous entrepreneurship that defies the social isolation and gloom.
Why Trump’s detractors wish him wellAs in modern warfare, more of today’s politics accepts the principle that even a fallen opponent deserves health care.
The Arab pinch on Palestinians to uniteIsrael’s new ties with two Arab nations help push Hamas and Fatah toward holding an election that the Palestinian cause needs.
An apology ricochets in the KoreasLong portrayed as infallible, North Korea’s leader apologizes for the killing of a South Korean. His move from myth-making to truth-telling opens a door for peace.
