Middle East

US policy in the Middle East should take note of the nation that is becoming the first democracy in the region – and it’s not Iraq.

U.S. empowered local sheikhs to maintain security. What happens to these “Don Corleones” when troops withdraw?

Even with the presence of international forces, there’s insecurity and chaos in Afghanistan.

Can we move forward as a world if an international discussion about a proposed mosque being built close to Ground Zero is censored?

Anna Baltzer is an unlikely advocate for Palestinians. Yet when this granddaughter of Holocaust survivors visited Israel and witnessed the suffering, immobility and racism that affect every Palestinian, most especially the women, she joined their non-violent struggle for peace.

Anna Baltzer is an unlikely advocate for Palestinians. Yet when this granddaughter of Holocaust survivors visited Israel and witnessed the suffering, immobility and racism that affect every Palestinian, most especially the women, she joined their non-violent struggle for peace.

Rachel Stockman’s radio interview concerning her interview with Prince Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the son of the former son of Iran.

Today free Islamic thinking comes at a great risk. Yet despite the fatwah issued against her, Irshad Manji adamantly believes this risk is worth taking.

While religion appears to be driving many of the most violent conflicts around the world including terrorism, it is through Divine intervention – the missing dimension of statecraft that identifies shared religious beliefs – that the solutions to these intractable battles lie.

The apocalyptic vision of fighting in God’s name is the bread and butter of many terrorist groups and militants. Indeed, the moral vision of these groups is incredibly powerful even as it justifies the killing of innocent victims all over the world. But another moral vision is subduing violence as it brings people of disparate faiths together.