“If they don’t pay,” President Donald Trump warned of NATO allies, “I’m not going to defend them.” Currently, his official position is that the United States would reconsider its defense commitments if its allies fail to demonstrate resol...
Tropical forests are one of our most crucial defenses against climate change, but they are disappearing at an alarming rate. A record 6.7 million hectares of rainforest were lost in 2024, largely due to agriculture and human-caused wildfires—result...
In Kuwait, 24-year-old Fatima mourns the loss of her university education. Despite earning a 96 percent on her high school exams, a score that would normally guarantee a medical career, her status as a Bidoon with an “unspecified nationality” wil...
I was hoping to stop writing on austerity and switch to nationalism and the extreme right in Europe. However, France’s recognition of the Syrian National Council (SNC) as the sole representative of the Syrian state/people has forced me to take a Mi...
I was hoping to stop writing on austerity and switch to nationalism and the extreme right in Europe. However, France’s recognition of the Syrian National Council (SNC) as the sole representative of the Syrian state/people has forced me to take a Mi...
If Tuesday’s elections represented the triumph of liberalism in the US, no similar trend is to be found in Europe. Far from capitalizing -irony intended- on a crisis brought upon by markets-turned-casinos, the center left in Europe has systematical...
If Tuesday’s elections represented the triumph of liberalism in the US, no similar trend is to be found in Europe. Far from capitalizing -irony intended- on a crisis brought upon by markets-turned-casinos, the center left in Europe has systematical...
When we think about the so-called “Arab Spring,” which countries come to mind? Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Yemen are the first: the ones that have, since the uprisings began almost two years ago, deposed their long-standing dictatorships an...
When we think about the so-called “Arab Spring,” which countries come to mind? Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Yemen are the first: the ones that have, since the uprisings began almost two years ago, deposed their long-standing dictatorships an...
The Economist recently posted an interesting article on fiscal transfers between the sixteen German states, with the subtitle “Germans fear a European transfer union because they hate their own one.”The article offers interesting peeks into the f...
The Economist recently posted an interesting article on fiscal transfers between the sixteen German states, with the subtitle “Germans fear a European transfer union because they hate their own one.”The article offers interesting peeks into the f...
In my last eurocrisis rant I argued three changes were necessary for the EU to begin crawling its way out of the hole it has dug itself into. These were viewing debt as an economic instead of a moral problem, considering the situation a political ins...
In my last eurocrisis rant I argued three changes were necessary for the EU to begin crawling its way out of the hole it has dug itself into. These were viewing debt as an economic instead of a moral problem, considering the situation a political ins...
Though the news out of the Middle East last week was dominated by the shocking car bombing in Beirut, the region also witnessed the beginnings of an important process that will have just as many implications: namely, efforts by the Muslim Brotherhood...
Though the news out of the Middle East last week was dominated by the shocking car bombing in Beirut, the region also witnessed the beginnings of an important process that will have just as many implications: namely, efforts by the Muslim Brotherhood...
Yesterday, the French government signed a deal to provide Peugeot-Citroën, Europe’s second largest automaker, with €7 billion (or $9 billion) in credit guarantees. This is yet another example of government intervention in industrial sectors stru...
Yesterday, the French government signed a deal to provide Peugeot-Citroën, Europe’s second largest automaker, with €7 billion (or $9 billion) in credit guarantees. This is yet another example of government intervention in industrial sectors stru...
Europe has not experienced a major war in the last six decades. Today a European civil war, with the ensuing international spillover, is simply unthinkable. That we take this for granted is extraordinary, given that for centuries Europeans have been ...
Europe has not experienced a major war in the last six decades. Today a European civil war, with the ensuing international spillover, is simply unthinkable. That we take this for granted is extraordinary, given that for centuries Europeans have been ...
Last week, I wrote about how the Western media focuses disproportionately on negative news out of the Middle East, drawing attention to violence and sectarianism, and ultimately perpetuating American fears of the region and its people. Today, I will ...
Last week, I wrote about how the Western media focuses disproportionately on negative news out of the Middle East, drawing attention to violence and sectarianism, and ultimately perpetuating American fears of the region and its people. Today, I will ...
Last week, Spain introduced an additional €40bn austerity policy in face continuing recession, unemployment, and violent separatist cries of the Catalonia and Basque region. One should not forget, however, that Spain’s public debt, which hovers a...
Last week, Spain introduced an additional €40bn austerity policy in face continuing recession, unemployment, and violent separatist cries of the Catalonia and Basque region. One should not forget, however, that Spain’s public debt, which hovers a...
My tour of European austerity’s next stop is Germany. However, I have criticized austerity without putting it into context. I have simply assumed it is a bad thing, and avoided entering a discussion on what austerity is and does. This is unfair. So...
My tour of European austerity’s next stop is Germany. However, I have criticized austerity without putting it into context. I have simply assumed it is a bad thing, and avoided entering a discussion on what austerity is and does. This is unfair. So...
Remember that YouTube video, the anti-Islam film trailer that sparked riots in countries with large Muslim populations across the world? The 14-minute clip that caused hundreds of casualties in mob demonstrations because it insulted Muhammad, the Pro...
Remember that YouTube video, the anti-Islam film trailer that sparked riots in countries with large Muslim populations across the world? The 14-minute clip that caused hundreds of casualties in mob demonstrations because it insulted Muhammad, the Pro...