MIDDLE EAST
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IS’s media campaign shows it hasn’t given up on ‘Remains’ and ‘Expands’ narrative
By Asaf Day In the past couple of months, the Islamic State (IS) has launched a media campaign labelled “And…
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Everything in Mecca gets 5 stars — and online reviews of other holy sites are wildly inflated, too
By Tom van Laer, University of Sydney and Elif Izberk-Bilgin, University of Michigan For the millions of Muslims preparing to…
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US lost important military allies in the Middle East
By Jak Fraam Two major NATO allies, Germany and France, turned their backs on the United States. Berlin and Paris…
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Programs help Yazidi women cope with trauma, but more needs to be done by Iraq
By Alyssa Heisey “How am I telling you this without crying? I tell you I ran out of tears,” says Ekhlas,…
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A Middle East Helsinki conference: NGO action needed
By Rene Wadlow On 23 July 2019, the Russian Government’s “Collective Security for the Persian Gulf Region” was presented in…
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Freedom to care: Americans’ unconcern enables wrongdoing abroad
By Kristin Christman If you were Iranian and learned that U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton wanted to attack your…
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War in the Persian Gulf? Let’s hope not
By Younes Mahmoudieh In recent weeks, we have witnessed an alarming escalation of tensions between Iran and world powers that…
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Al-Qaida is stronger today than it was on 9/11
By Christian Taylor, George Mason University Al-Qaida has recruited an estimated 40,000 fighters since Sept. 11, 2001, when the Osama…
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Political Science 101: Prosperity does lead to peace
By Dr. Phil W. Reynolds A political analyst in Gaza lamented: “All we have is our moral power.” This after Mahmoud Abbas claimed…
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The US-Iran tension: US may never attack Iran
By Zamir Ahmed Awan Yes, I believe the US may never attack Iran. It is based on past experience that…
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