by Cas Mudde The Euromaidan ‘revolution’ will undoubtedly remain one of the key political events of 2014. Most domestic and foreign observers were completely...
For the past three years, when seeking enlightenment about the Syrian crisis, I have often talked to Alastair Crooke, a former MI6 officer. Mr...
by David Ottaway The opening of a dialogue between the United States and Iran has stirred deep-seated fears in Saudi Arabia that the Obama...
“Yesterday they published a play that they have montaged and dubbed themselves. What has been done is a vile attack against the prime minister...
BY EUGENE VOLOKH [This is my last post serializing my just-published article, Religious Law (Especially Islamic Law) in American Courts, 66 Okla. L. Rev....
22 February 2014 – The United Nations Security Council today unanimously approved a resolution to boost humanitarian aid access in Syria, a move Secretary-General...
Rendering of Imam Hussain after Karbala The war in Syria began much earlier than is generally recognised. The conflict actually began in the year...
BY RUSTIN ZARKAR “Calligraffiti:1984-2013,” runs from September 5th to October 5th, 2013 at New York’s Leila Heller Gallery. As an updated version of the...
In the not so distant past, Politico reporter Dylan Byers engaged into a rather public spat with The Atlantic’s Ta-Nehisi Coates’ contention that Melissa...
Trading laughter instead of bullets It is a surprising sight but one that may become more common in Damascus. Under the terms of a...
American academic and peace advocate Prof. Michael Nagler believes that non-violent activism is the best means to challenge the hegemonic powers and hold responsible...
By As'ad AbuKhalil Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times wrote an article for the New York Times in which he implored academics to...
by Nagham Assaad Morocco was not immune to the popular movement witnessed in the Arab region following the outbreak of the Tunisian revolution in...
By Eric BennettDid the CIA fund creative writing in America? The idea seems like the invention of a creative writer. Yet once upon a...
by Nicole OuimetteThe revolution will not be cited. It will not have a bibliography, or a title page. The revolution will never happen in...
by Henry Precht Thirty-five years since the Iranian revolution should be adequate time for aspiring Iran hands to turn a deaf ear to the...
Scientists experimenting with stem cell approaches to alternative organ cell development have discovered a potential breakthrough in the way type 1 diabetes is treated,...
"The Iranian Army's naval fleets have already started their voyage towards the Atlantic Ocean via the waters near South Africa," Commander of Iran's Northern...
As an early-career lecturer in a post-1992 university, I often feel like a rare bird in an ornate cage struggling to maintain its dignity...
Craignant un dangereux retour de flammes, le roi Abdallah vient d'adopter un décret qui prévoit des peines de trois à vingt ans de prison...
U.S. national security advisor says 'personal attacks' against Kerry are 'totally unfounded and unacceptable.' Susan Rice — the national security adviser who rocked headlines...
Rebels in Syria with ties to al-Qaida have decapitated a man believed to have been a pro-government Shia fighter, an amateur video of the...
Damascus is in a much better position today vis-à-vis its opponents in Syria thanks to the help it has received from Iran, President Abdullah...
With no end in sight to the civil war in neighboring Syria, Turkey is expressing increasing alarm over al-Qaeda threat amid the growing presence...
