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Rarely do I ever find myself agreeing with a Russian foreign policy official. But a Russian ambassador slammed his American counterpart, Susan Rice, for preaching the need to investigate war […]

Hillary Clinton, her elbow healed up, finally made it to Moscow, only to be rebuffed by her Russian counterpart in her push for stricter sanctions against Iran. Getting from nyet […]

I’m not shedding any tears over the tough financial times facing the nation’s higher education system.

In Britain this week, the official Chilcot Inquiry into how and why Tony Blair followed George Bush into war in Iraq, has resumed. So far Chilcot has questioned the British Establishment, but new revelations suggest he should cast his net wider.

If there’s anyone who understands the travails of being different, it’s Kermit the Frog, who shared with the world the difficulties of being green. Now Kermit’s Muppet colleagues are teaching […]

I am based in Beirut this summer, and you can’t pick up a newspaper without reading about a Middle East country wracked by war, a Shiite-led insurgency, and Islamist extremism. […]

Etna Week continues with Part 2 of guest blogger Dr. Boris Behncke’s look at Mt. Etna, including the unstable flanks, its eruptive behavior over the last 400 years and changes at the summit.

Attention is finally being paid to Lebanon’s latent political crisis. The prime minister-designate, Saad Hariri, has sacked himself, according to the constitution, for failing to cobble together a power-sharing agreement […]

As many of last week’s events made clear, the future of nuclearism will depend, in many ways, on just how the international community is able to forge a balance between […]

When it comes to Iranian culture, snowboarding doesn’t generally come to mind. But in a country that has remained largely enigmatic for three decades, the slopes near Tehran have become […]

The EU is taking a lot of criticism mostly from the U.S.A. and England. If the critics would take a closer look at the accomplishments between science, technology and education they might see a different picture. Often their assumptions forget to include, quality of life, in their equation.

Written by: Andrew Harms

The much-awaited Iranian elections occur this Friday. The incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been running a fiery campaign that became even more so when he took on his main rival Mir […]

Facebook’s international expansion began in earnest last year. Now that the company has figured out the whole non-English-speaking-world thing, it’s been smooth sailing. So far so good in Europe and […]

Farnaz Fassihi examines Americans’ misconceptions of the region.

The Cumulative Impact of Converging Socio-Cultural Trends

In an effort to reach out to a younger audience and shed some of its bastion-of-the-cold-war image, NATO has launched a new web effort in advance of the organization’s summit […]

Farnaz Fassihi gained a new understanding or religion as a tool for social control in Iraq.

What is the current applicable International Law when an armed conflict finishes?

Twitter… Twitter.. Twitter. When I receive an email announcing that my dad in Florida is following me on twitter, I know something’s up. He has no Facebook account. It was […]

One Silicon Valley’s most innovative entrepreneurs on his new Tesla electric car, whether we should bail out the Big Three, and the world’s most powerful laser. If you were CEO […]

James Traub says Latin America seemed an unlikely candidate for democracy in he 1970s, so there’s no reason the Middle East can’t go the same way.

Blogs have erupted over the disappearance of documentary film maker/blogger/freelance journalist Philip Rizk. The grad student at AUC (American University in Cairo) was among a group of peaceful protesters detained […]

Before the Middle East and the West can define their common goals, they need “have the truth put on the table.”

Lawrence Freedman discusses the background for his new book, A Choice of Enemies: America Confronts the Middle East.

Lawrence Freedman judges Reagan’s strategies in the region, particularly regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Evan Wright reveals his motivation to travel to the Middle East and describes his experiences and feelings as an eyewitness to combat.

Lawrence Freedman explores the substance and legacy of President Carter’s Middle East peace negotiations.

Gerry Adams compares and contrasts the Northern Irish experience with the Middle East.

“In the long run democracy has to be the answer.”