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On September 11th 2013, while Washington was engrossed by the prospect of a military strike in Syria, the SITE terrorism monitoring service released a tape of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri calling for small-scale attacks on U.S. soil. Zawahiri en...

Islamic Extremism and Syria: The Fog of War on Terror

On September 11th 2013, while Washington was engrossed by the prospect of a military strike in Syria, the SITE terrorism monitoring service released a tape of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri calling for small-scale attacks on U.S. soil. Zawahiri en...

The American government’s relationship with individual allies overseas – whether in war or peace – is a long and controversial one. 40 years ago, the pressing refugee crisis of our time involved those seeking to resettle after the fall of Saigo...

Forgotten Friends and a Failure of American Bureaucracy

The American government’s relationship with individual allies overseas – whether in war or peace – is a long and controversial one. 40 years ago, the pressing refugee crisis of our time involved those seeking to resettle after the fall of Saigo...

As the US Government debates missile strikes and how best to enforce international law, it’s sometimes hard to remember that there is a humanitarian crisis on the other side of Syria’s borders. Over the past two and half years of atrocious civil ...

One Thousand and One Nightmares

As the US Government debates missile strikes and how best to enforce international law, it’s sometimes hard to remember that there is a humanitarian crisis on the other side of Syria’s borders. Over the past two and half years of atrocious civil ...

Over the past two years, civil war has ravaged Syria. There has been over 100,000 deaths reported by the UN and extensive economic devastation that will leave Syria in shambles for decades to come. It is difficult to foresee any calm emerging from ...

Israel: The Real “Red Line”

Over the past two years, civil war has ravaged Syria. There has been over 100,000 deaths reported by the UN and extensive economic devastation that will leave Syria in shambles for decades to come. It is difficult to foresee any calm emerging from ...

Natalie Morin, a Canadian woman who settled down in Saudi Arabia in 2009, is trapped inside her own home. Forbidden to visit her family or leave her abusive husband, her future is set and restricted by Saudi law. Her mother, Johanne Durocher, worked ...

Arabian Rights

Natalie Morin, a Canadian woman who settled down in Saudi Arabia in 2009, is trapped inside her own home. Forbidden to visit her family or leave her abusive husband, her future is set and restricted by Saudi law. Her mother, Johanne Durocher, worked ...

Confused by the events in Egypt? This is not altogether a bad thing. Confusion is a symptom of the acceptance of nuance. It’s taken Americans a long time to emerge from the Cold War mindset, where foreign policy wasn’t very nuanced an...

Is a Coup Ever a Good Thing?

Confused by the events in Egypt? This is not altogether a bad thing. Confusion is a symptom of the acceptance of nuance. It’s taken Americans a long time to emerge from the Cold War mindset, where foreign policy wasn’t very nuanced an...

The crisis you almost forgot is still there. The violence in Syria is suddenly halfway through its third year, with no end in sight. With depressing predictability, the conflagration has eluded our moral sensibility not by concealment but standing in...

Syria’s Spinoff Crisis

The crisis you almost forgot is still there. The violence in Syria is suddenly halfway through its third year, with no end in sight. With depressing predictability, the conflagration has eluded our moral sensibility not by concealment but standing in...

“The Department of Defense has reached unprecedented levels of cooperation with the Jordanian armed forces…We have done that in light of what’s happening in Syria.” — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, August 2012 As a result of the civil...

Money for Peace?

“The Department of Defense has reached unprecedented levels of cooperation with the Jordanian armed forces…We have done that in light of what’s happening in Syria.” — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, August 2012 As a result of the civil...

by Meghan Koushik Afghan history brings to life George Santayana’s maxim: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” For the last two centuries the nation has witnessed a stream of failed occupations by foreign invaders wh...

The Big Date

by Meghan Koushik Afghan history brings to life George Santayana’s maxim: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” For the last two centuries the nation has witnessed a stream of failed occupations by foreign invaders wh...

Barring any major constitutional changes over the next several months, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will soon be forced to step down as the president of Iran. For the past eight years, Ahmadinejad has been viewed through countless lenses: champion of the poor...

Ahmadinejad’s Out—What Now?

Barring any major constitutional changes over the next several months, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will soon be forced to step down as the president of Iran. For the past eight years, Ahmadinejad has been viewed through countless lenses: champion of the poor...

As a rhetorical tactic, establishing a ‘red line’ is pretty impressive. It displays strength by implying that you know both your current position on an issue, as well as what specific events would affect your actions going forward. And in...

The Pink Line

As a rhetorical tactic, establishing a ‘red line’ is pretty impressive. It displays strength by implying that you know both your current position on an issue, as well as what specific events would affect your actions going forward. And in...

“It is our religious duty to kill all Shias… in all of Pakistan, especially Quetta, we will continue our successful jihad against the Shia Hazara and Pakistan will become a graveyard for them.” -A letter of intent circulated by the Lashkar-...

The Hazara: A People Under Attack

“It is our religious duty to kill all Shias… in all of Pakistan, especially Quetta, we will continue our successful jihad against the Shia Hazara and Pakistan will become a graveyard for them.” -A letter of intent circulated by the Lashkar-...