On January 23rd, a new king acceded the throne as head of the House of Saud and leader of Saudi Arabia in a smooth and uneventful...

In spite of distance and lack of discussion in the news media, the East Asian nation of Japan has played a very important role in the...

Certain moments in history transcend the time and place at which they occur: think the fall of the Berlin Wall, or the release of Nelson...

Of all the countries affected by the Arab Spring, Tunisia has long been lauded as the movement’s one success. When Mohammed Bouazizi, a...

Last month, a group of nations led by the United States agreed to extend important negotiations with Iran regarding its nuclear program....

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...

Recruitment within terrorist organizations was long considered a homegrown issue, where groups attracted new members within the countries...

A national Pakistani hero, for whom more than a dozen academic institutions have already been named, spent five years under house arrest...

They cross over during the Hajj. Dressed in white like the pilgrims to Mecca, representatives of fundamentalist Islamist organizations...

There were no newly constructed battle arenas, nor were there hordes of soldiers with unloaded guns. The war game that took place on...

The Kashmir musk deer is a curious creature. Unlike its American brethren, it’s endangered, elusive and adorned with fangs. Scientists...

“Srilankitak filipiniyeh?” asked a young schoolboy to one of his classmates. This question literally means, “Is your Sri Lankan a...

On September 29, the new Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani, was sworn in alongside his erstwhile rival, now second-in-command, Abdullah...

The Syrian civil war has been marked by crimes against humanity so undeniable that they could have leapt into existence from a textbook,...

Aid distribution in Lebanon fluctuates drastically along the lines of sectarian division. Influential parties such as Michael Aoun’s...

After the collapse of yet another round of US-backed peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, and yet another violent...

Nouri al-Maliki’s abdication from the position of Iraqi Prime Minister last month sent shockwaves around the Middle East and the world....

A completely student-led panel on Palestine and Israel.

On August 19, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a terrorist group, released a graphic video that depicted the beheading of the...

Images of death and destruction in Gaza have elicited anguished reactions and raised large questions that go well beyond the...