Aziz Rana

Aziz Rana is Professor of Law at Cornell University and author of The Two Faces of American Freedom.

Articles

Sanctions Are Inhumane—Now, and Always

In a world imperiled by global pandemic, it is long past time to put an end to sanctions—including new ones against Iran—and to reconstruct U.S. foreign policy around international solidarity.

Asl? U. Bâli, Aziz Rana

The U.S. Debt to Syria

With Assad preparing a major offensive on the last rebel stronghold, the United States must offer a path forward.

Asl? U. Bâli, Aziz Rana

Remember Syria?

As the Trump–Putin summit made clear, U.S. policy in Syria has always been about grand strategy—never about what would actually help the people on the ground.

Asl? U. Bâli, Aziz Rana

Against National Security Citizenship

Support for the U.S. military has long been seen as a crucial way for black Americans and immigrants to show that they “belong.”

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America’s Imperial Unraveling

Could Trump's repudiation of the Iran Deal be the beginning of the end of U.S. hegemony abroad?

Asl? U. Bâli, Aziz Rana

Against Second-Rate Democracy in Kenya

Citizens of African countries are expected to accede to a lower political standard than real democracy. Not only does this perpetuate the old colonial imagination, it is also fundamentally wrong.

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