Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Problem
In 2012, the Muslim Brotherhood ran a candidate in the post-Arab Spring presidential elections in…
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UN Peacekeeping Operations Ministerial Conference is Taking Place This Month – The International Community Should Reflect on Practicality
UNAMID Peacekeepers. UN Photo/Albert Gonzalez Farran The United Nations peacekeeping operations (PKO) have long been…
An Election of “Firsts”
Yesterday’s election saw large numbers of Americans turning up to cast their votes. The New York…
How Overturning a Christian Woman’s Death Sentence Brought Pakistan to a Standstill
On Tuesday, Pakistan’s Supreme Court acquitted Asia Bibi, a woman falsely accused of blasphemy, in…
No Post-Conflict Decontamination Obligations Set Before UN First Committee Vote
NEW YORK—The U.N. General Assembly’s upcoming vote on a resolution to address the effects and…
Insights | Information: The Best Weapon against Radicalization
They were starved and abused. While they wouldn’t have believed any negative information about ISIS…
Insights | Caring for the Crazy
Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons What if…
Insights | The Truth About Torture: Depicting CIA Abuses in ‘The Torture Report’
Excerpt from ‘The Torture Report’ | Photo courtesy Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colón On September 17,…
Insights | “Crude Democracy” Book Review
A woman walks past a gas pipeline near the city of Asaluyeh, Iran, Jan. 22,…
Insights | Prophesying the Present: Michel Houellebecq’s “Submission”
Michel Houellebecq’s “Submission” should bear a trigger warning | Photo courtesy WSJ blogs With the French Presidential…