Essays & Op-Eds

CNN.com, November 14, 2016

CNN.com, October 26, 2016

The Atlantic, August 10, 2016

CNN.com, March 3, 2016

Huffington Post, January 15, 2016

CNN.com, November 4, 2015

CNN.com, September 17, 2015

CNN.com, September 3, 2015

CNN.com, May 8, 2015

Geography is, in part, destiny for Italy: The country will always be a bridge between Africa and Europe, as the ...

Huffington Post, February 23, 2015

CNN.com, February 22, 2015

CNN.com, February 9, 2015

Huffington Post, December 29, 2014
October 13, 2020, The New Yorker
August 12, 2020, The New York Review

CNN News, June 11, 2020
"Who are you essential to?" yelled a New York Police Department officer on June 2 as he confronted badged Associated Press (AP) videographer Robert Bumsted and AP photographer Maye-E Wong as they sought to report on a protest.

Foreign Affairs, May 5, 2020
The novel coronavirus pandemic poses a stress test for societies - wrenching people out of ordinary routines and exposing them to death and dislocation, bringing forth acts of solidarity and courage as well as scapegoating.