Excerpt from “A Handful of Ash:” “It started out as a film about a practice that has afflicted tens of millions of women worldwide. It...

On Saturday, October 19, Beirut International Airport was brimming with joyous cheers and loud chants of excitement, as its entire...

Malala Yousafzai is the “bravest girl in the world.” In early 2009, when Malala was only 11, she began writing a blog for the BBC about...

Over the past few weeks I’ve written of change, in the United States and abroad. I’ve written of tarnished appearances, and put faith in...

On September 11 of this year, the American public awoke to news headlines about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s op-ed in the New York...

The UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect...

American drones, special operations, and proxy soldiers have quietly but rapidly become commonplace in Africa in the past decade. As...

On September 11th 2013, while Washington was engrossed by the prospect of a military strike in Syria, the SITE terrorism monitoring...

The American government’s relationship with individual allies overseas – whether in war or peace – is a long and controversial one. 40...

As the US Government debates missile strikes and how best to enforce international law, it’s sometimes hard to remember that there is a...

Over the past two years, civil war has ravaged Syria. There has been over 100,000 deaths reported by the UN and extensive economic...

Natalie Morin, a Canadian woman who settled down in Saudi Arabia in 2009, is trapped inside her own home. Forbidden to visit her family...

Confused by the events in Egypt? This is not altogether a bad thing. Confusion is a symptom of the acceptance of nuance. It’s taken...

The crisis you almost forgot is still there. The violence in Syria is suddenly halfway through its third year, with no end in sight. With...

“The Department of Defense has reached unprecedented levels of cooperation with the Jordanian armed forces…We have done that in light of...

by Meghan Koushik Afghan history brings to life George Santayana’s maxim: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat...

Barring any major constitutional changes over the next several months, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will soon be forced to step down as the...

As a rhetorical tactic, establishing a ‘red line’ is pretty impressive. It displays strength by implying that you know both your current...

“It is our religious duty to kill all Shias… in all of Pakistan, especially Quetta, we will continue our successful jihad against the...

Asked who America’s number one foreign enemy is, which country would you answer? If you follow the news, you’d probably say either North...