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What does the Future Hold for Turkish Civil Society?
Writing in Turkey has become a difficult task. Most of the sincere journalists have been arrested and put on trial…
Op-ed: Farewell to Golan
This afternoon, President Trump announced that the United States would be formally recognizing Israel’s claims to…
ISIS Brides: Should Their Home Countries Say ‘I Do’ to…
There have been several instances of Western women, and men, who have sought to join the militant group, and left…
The Saudi Prince’s historic visit to Pakistan
Pakistan is currently facing great financial instability. The country's current financial crisis has given its…
Art and Tolerance in Afghanistan
Afghanistan played the leading role in histories that have yet to be written, and we owe ourselves the chance to…
Algeria’s Mass Protests: A Rare Momentum for…
The physical incapacity of Bouteflika to exercise his presidential duties is best exemplified by his absence in…
Syria’s Marshallah Plan
The Assad regime has survived the Syrian civil war. ISIS is defeated. Arab Spring-era resistance groups like the…
Victory at the Asia Cup: How Qatar Demonstrates…
Qatar’s victory at the Asia Cup is emblematic of its continued resistance to Saudi-led regional policy, and if the…
A “Forgotten” Solution May Very Well Be Right Next Door
From the education system and local labor markets to changing cultural dynamics, Syrians have proved that their…
Hariri’s Mosaic
Saad Hariri leads a mosaic of a government, laid on a background of debt and foreign conflict. His cabinet is on…
The End of an Era: Peace with the Taliban?
The tentative agreement between the Taliban and the United States shows that the neoconservative currents which…
The Crippling State of the Lebanese Economy
In recent years, Lebanon, has become synonymous with the words upheaval, turmoil and crisis. The country has time…