On August 13, Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced normalization of their relations. This deal, known as the Abraham Accord, was brokered by United
Category: Political Analysis
COVID-19 Presents Challenges for Religious Expression in the U.S.
Religious institutions across the U.S. are filing lawsuits against their state and local governments, arguing that the social distancing rules meant to slow the spread
Panic in Morocco is Not (Only) Coronavirus Related
The lives of thousands of men in Morocco have been turned upside down. Vulnerability, exposure and fear are some of the words that express how
Activists Work to Keep Young Immigrant Dreams Alive
Itzel Hernandez, 26, came to the United States when she was ten years old. In 1994, she and her mother made their way from Puebla,
Is Lebanon Headed to More Secular Politics?
Before the inception of the Lebanese republic, the Lebanese political system functioned as a multi-confessional system where power has been allocated to different religious communities.
The Uniting Power of Trump’s Immigration Policies
Since the 2016 U.S. election, the Trump administration has tried to keep its campaign promises by making refugee entry into the U.S. as difficult as
Japan sends mixed signals as they push for ‘World Free of Nuclear Weapons’
Japan faces a moral conundrum in its stance towards nuclear weapons. As the only country ever to experience the atrocities of the atomic bomb, it
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Problem
As the oldest political revivalist group in the Islamic world—and one of the most polarizing—the Muslim Brotherhood has the disputed status throughout the region as
New Developments on the Stagnant Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
Photo courtesy Office of the NKR President Bako Sahakyan, the president of a mountainous Central Asian de facto state roughly the size of Rhode Island,
Why Do Cease-Fire Agreements Mediated by Third Parties Fail?
The remains of a market in Maarat al-Noaman, in Syria’s northern province of Idlib, after an airstrike Tuesday. Dozens of people were reported killed. |