Two things happened in Paris and Khartoum this week that portend bad times ahead for the Arab region and for relations between Arab and Muslim-majority countries on the one hand, and America Europe on the other. The more dramatic development was the massive solidarity march in Paris to uphold values such as freedom of the… اقرأ المزيد
The attack Wednesday against the French satirical publication Charlie Hebdo that killed 12 people has understandably sparked a massive outpouring of support worldwide for the publication. Many have used the occasion to defend the press and expression, while Muslims in Europe and around the world have issued condemnations of the attack. This kind and intensity… اقرأ المزيد
Is the global war on terror (GWOT) that the United States launched in 2011 after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks succeeding or failing? This would seem to be a compelling question for the United States and the world – but it receives surprisingly little attention. After 13 years of GWOT, events this year emphasize the… اقرأ المزيد
We have learned much about the Arab world in the last four years, including the combination of heroism and criminal deviance dwelling deep within our societies. In fact, we have learned more about ourselves in these four years than we did in the preceding century – because this has been the only stretch of… اقرأ المزيد
This moment is about as American as it gets in the United States, from where I write. The exemplary release of a Senate Intelligence Committee investigation into the CIA’s brutal interrogation techniques reflects the finest practice of citizen oversight of government executive and security agencies, truly one of the United States’ great gifts to… اقرأ المزيد
It is exasperating to listen to American officials pontificate about events in the Middle East and offer what sounds like reasonable proposals to resolve the area’s problems, when those same officials and the entire political power structure they represent refuse to acknowledge that they have played a major role in creating or expanding those problems.… اقرأ المزيد