Month: March 2017

Last week, I chaired a session with Omar Ghobash on his new book, ‘Letters to a Young Muslim’. You can see his Daily Show interview with Trevor Noah here. It is a terrific book, written with great heart, wisdom and ...

The question of Brazilian tourist visas has raised a debate between the country’s top officials. While the Tourism Minister sees visa regulations as a way to boost the economy, the Foreign Minister stands by tradition. Like his predecessor José Serra, new Foreign Minister ...

In late December 2016, Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei, the spokesman of the Iranian Guardian Council, declared that women would be allowed to run in the next presidential election, scheduled for May 19, 2017. Realizing the demand to change legislation that discriminates ...

On Jan. 12, Gazans protested over the electricity shortage and cast the blame on Hamas. The demonstrations were dispersed by force, but the movement’s leaders understood that their regime could be in danger if they do not solve the energy shortage crisis. ...

Western Powers’ appetite for the dispatch of armed forces into Africa has been increased greatly in the twenty-first century. The so-called protection of civilians and counter-terrorism was behind most of military interventions over the past two decades. Unfortunately, the results ...

When it comes to combating terrorism, Pakistan is an indispensable ally for the United States. But as the two countries’ checkered history shows, it is also an unreliable one. By Fred Burton Pakistan seems to be a constant center of ...

With the Iraqi Forces already in Eastern and Western Mosul neighborhoods , the YPG at the gates of Raqqa,  and with the Fall of Al-Bab and Manbij , the Islamic State’s Caliphate is virtually collpasing everywhere. ISIS has been retreating ...