by Sarah Trister and Husain Abdullah

In November an international commission organized and paid for by the Bahraini government found that there has been widespread and systematic abuses committed against protesters in the small gulf nation since uprisings began in February, 2011.

The Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry...

On September 8th, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Howard Berman will roll out a new, sweeping foreign assistance reform bill aimed at completely replacing the outdated and confusing Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, which remains the framework of America's foreign aid today. In a political...

Gulnora Juma is a small woman. She speaks very quietly which only enhances the power of the message that she relays via an interpreter. Though I don't speak Uzbek, the emotion Mrs. Juma conveys when she describes how the fingers of her husband's right hand were purposely broken in order...

The Senate Budget Committee recently passed a Budget Resolution that would cut the Foreign Affairs Budget by $4 billion. Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) released a statement about the bill and the cuts, stating, "a budget is about setting priorities." If that is the case, this resolution...

While the rest of the world commemorated International Women's Day on March 8, women in the Middle East had less to celebrate than most. Though women around the globe have made substantial progress in increasing their rights in the home, workplace, and political sphere, a new Freedom House...