By Anna Novgorodova
What should the United States take from Portugal’s decriminalization of drugs, Slovenia’s free university education and Italy’s plentiful p... Read More
By Alaric Moras
“I started in politics not as a human rights defender or a humanitarian worker, but as the leader of a political party. And if that’s not a pol... Read More
by Willem van den Berg
“There is a cottage industry forming to predict the impending fall of the House of Saud,” wrote William Quandt in Foreign Affairs in 199... Read More
by Younes Hassar
Whole cities have been destroyed. Massacres and unspeakable atrocities have been visited upon an increasingly weary and desperate population. ... Read More
En Janvier 2016 en Arabie Saoudite, l’ayatollah Nimr Baqir al-Nimr, une figure connue pour ses critiques envers la maison Saoud, de plus en plus féroces depui... Read More
In March 2016, German comedian, Jan Böhmermann, read a poem on his TV show, Neo Magazin Royal, entitled “Schmähkritik,” or “Defamation,” which is shown above.... Read More
Like him or loathe him, Trump is a force for good democracy. We might detest his policies, his manipulation of language, his racist taunts. But he represents a large segment of disaffected Americans.
By Henry O'Connell
Given that Australia is a country with the fifth lowest population density in the world and whose own history was based on the idea of (forc... Read More
Despite living in a coastal nation with bountiful resources, notably fresh water, the Lebanese populace is struggling with a water shortage and constant power cuts because of continued mismanagement of the public sector.
by Salma Talaat
“The current situation of women in Arab political life shows that their status has deteriorated: this is reflected in their role and in thei... Read More