In Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO)’s frequent condemnation of the conservative elite and neoliberal technocrats echoed in his daily morning conferences during his six years as president. He mobilized voters mainly by appealing to popul...
“Willkommen in Wust! Willkommen in Saxony-Anhalt!” These were the first words I heard following 18 hours of travel as my host parents, Sigrun and Matthias, welcomed me with open arms. Wust, a town of just over 800 residents in old East German...
In July 2022, thousands of Sri Lankans stormed the presidential palace in Colombo. They swam in the president’s pool, sat in his chair, and used his personal gym. These actions were not borne out of rage at just one leader. It signaled the end of t...
Last month, a group of nations led by the United States agreed to extend important negotiations with Iran regarding its nuclear program. As the diplomats worked for peace, Congress once again beat the drums of war. A bloc led by Senators Robert Menen...
Last month, a group of nations led by the United States agreed to extend important negotiations with Iran regarding its nuclear program. As the diplomats worked for peace, Congress once again beat the drums of war. A bloc led by Senators Robert Menen...
The narrative about Islam fed to the American public by the media and politicians revolves around the volatility and violence in the Middle East. Middle Eastern countries are considered to implicitly support Islamic terror networks or are too weak to...
The narrative about Islam fed to the American public by the media and politicians revolves around the volatility and violence in the Middle East. Middle Eastern countries are considered to implicitly support Islamic terror networks or are too weak to...
A new chapter of Mexican history began in 2006, when former President Felipe Calderón declared war against the country’s powerful drug cartels. Thousands of military troops were sent to the streets of Mexico’s border cities, where drug cartel ac...
A new chapter of Mexican history began in 2006, when former President Felipe Calderón declared war against the country’s powerful drug cartels. Thousands of military troops were sent to the streets of Mexico’s border cities, where drug cartel ac...
In her radio address to the nation on November 17, 2001, First Lady Laura Bush declared, “The fight against terrorism is also a fight for the rights and dignity of women.” Immediately after her speech, the US State Department released an ...
In her radio address to the nation on November 17, 2001, First Lady Laura Bush declared, “The fight against terrorism is also a fight for the rights and dignity of women.” Immediately after her speech, the US State Department released an ...
Somalia, a conflict-torn nation on the Horn of Africa, has seen over a decade of terror and destabilization at the hands of various Islamic extremist groups. After the fall of the Siad Barre military regime in 1991, a Salafi extremist group Al-Ittiha...
Somalia, a conflict-torn nation on the Horn of Africa, has seen over a decade of terror and destabilization at the hands of various Islamic extremist groups. After the fall of the Siad Barre military regime in 1991, a Salafi extremist group Al-Ittiha...
On September 9, 1999 shortly after midnight, an apartment complex exploded in southeast Moscow, killing 94 inside. This was just one attack in a wave of bombings in Moscow that ultimately claimed over 200 lives. According to the Russian secret servic...
On September 9, 1999 shortly after midnight, an apartment complex exploded in southeast Moscow, killing 94 inside. This was just one attack in a wave of bombings in Moscow that ultimately claimed over 200 lives. According to the Russian secret servic...
Recruitment within terrorist organizations was long considered a homegrown issue, where groups attracted new members within the countries that they operate, drawing from homogenous, ideologically motivated populations with an existing undercurrent of...
Recruitment within terrorist organizations was long considered a homegrown issue, where groups attracted new members within the countries that they operate, drawing from homogenous, ideologically motivated populations with an existing undercurrent of...
A national Pakistani hero, for whom more than a dozen academic institutions have already been named, spent five years under house arrest — albeit in a mansion with a rambling driveway crowned by a jasmine bush carved into the delicate shape of a mu...
A national Pakistani hero, for whom more than a dozen academic institutions have already been named, spent five years under house arrest — albeit in a mansion with a rambling driveway crowned by a jasmine bush carved into the delicate shape of a mu...
They attacked at dawn, descending on a police patrol in the remote Sukma District of Chattisgarh, a state in central India. Emerging from the forest, they rained bullets on the unsuspecting policemen sent to capture them. After killing 14 members of ...
They attacked at dawn, descending on a police patrol in the remote Sukma District of Chattisgarh, a state in central India. Emerging from the forest, they rained bullets on the unsuspecting policemen sent to capture them. After killing 14 members of ...
They cross over during the Hajj. Dressed in white like the pilgrims to Mecca, representatives of fundamentalist Islamist organizations enter Saudi Arabia during the month long celebration, when border controls are relaxed to deal with the massive inf...
They cross over during the Hajj. Dressed in white like the pilgrims to Mecca, representatives of fundamentalist Islamist organizations enter Saudi Arabia during the month long celebration, when border controls are relaxed to deal with the massive inf...
Burma may be small, but it has withstood the longest ongoing civil war in the history of the modern world. Since its independence from Great Britain in 1948, the Burma National Army (BNA) has been engaged in battle with various internal ethnic minori...
Burma may be small, but it has withstood the longest ongoing civil war in the history of the modern world. Since its independence from Great Britain in 1948, the Burma National Army (BNA) has been engaged in battle with various internal ethnic minori...
There is something rotten in the seas of Sweden. An unidentified swimming object was confirmed mid-November, nearly a month after Swedish military forces fervently searched their waters for the invading culprit. For a week in October, the Swedish mil...
There is something rotten in the seas of Sweden. An unidentified swimming object was confirmed mid-November, nearly a month after Swedish military forces fervently searched their waters for the invading culprit. For a week in October, the Swedish mil...