Cairo to Fort Hood: Broader Engagement at Home and Abroad
Mass murders have become a depressingly familiar punctuation in the rhythm of modern day American despair.
Mass murders have become a depressingly familiar punctuation in the rhythm of modern day American despair.
Wael Nawara | Posted 11.05.2009 | World
What does it mean to be an Egyptian Neocon? In their words, it means that they believe that the USA, has the right and the obligation to spread "democracy" and "capitalism," by force if necessary.
Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics
Phase III: Obama Strikes Back. The Republicans are still leaderless and teabaggers have hung up their Lipton for the winter. Meanwhile, two-thirds of Americans still want health care reform.
Dalia Mogahed | Posted 10.24.2009 | World
From Morocco to Malaysia, Muslim respondents described their respect for much of what the West holds dear: freedom of the press, the rule of law, and transparency and accountability of government.
Norman Lear | Posted 10.11.2009 | Politics
Obama stunned the world by reaching out to Islam -- not from Washington, not by way of TV or the Internet -- no, he traveled to Egypt and spoke to Islam as he would speak to us. And who topped that this year?
Salam Al Marayati | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics
Implementing sanctions against Iran would play right into the hands of the theocracy. By imposing sanctions, the US will hand the Iranian government a card it does not have at this time--blaming the increase of prices on foreign powers.
David A. Harris | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics
Wait -- Israel's Ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, is coming to the Ramadan dinner hosted tonight by President Barack Obama?
Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 09.24.2009 | World
Obama must make it abundantly clear that his focus on the settlements is not arbitrary, but represents a critical point of departure if Israel is to ever to seek peace with the Palestinians.
Huffington Post | Posted 08.23.2009 | World
The latest Pew Global Attitudes Project survey shows that the international opinion of America has improved as a result of Barack Obama, with the exce...
Elin Suleymanov | Posted 07.27.2009 | World
Located at the global cultural crossroads of the Caucasus, Azerbaijan stands in a clear defiance of the "Clash of Civilizations" paradigm.
Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 07.26.2009 | World
Could the traditional burqa-clad woman and the modern Western exotic dancer be two sides of the same coin?
Howard A. Rodman | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics
Sorry to say, the world can be divided into two kinds of people -- those who apologize, and those who don't. Among the former is David Letterman, a man so sorry he apologized to Sarah Palin twice.
Steven Crandell | Posted 07.13.2009 | World
I'm asking Obama to begin talks on a Middle East Nuclear Weapons Free Zone, where all countries in the region, including Israel, agree not to manufacture, acquire, test or possess nuclear weapons.
Zachary Karabell | Posted 07.13.2009 | Entertainment
"I Bring What I Love" is an elegiac, beautiful film, years in the making that deserves an audience.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali | Posted 07.11.2009 | World
Promotion of literacy for girls is a noble cause. But unless sharia laws are repealed, more girls will find themselves in flogging pens rather than rising up the career ladder.
Firas Al-Atraqchi | Posted 07.11.2009 | World
For the first time in nearly two decades, the US has the upper hand in the Middle East.
Aram Khayatpour | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics
After having to deal with the idiotic thugs of the last 8 years who wielded military might as if they were overcompensating for their own insecurities, we now have a president who seems to get it.
Freddy Deknatel | Posted 07.11.2009 | World
Syrians will continue to ignore gestures of American reconciliation and Obama's optimistic oratory until an American ambassador is returned to Damascus and sanctions are lifted.
Scott Malcomson | Posted 07.10.2009 | World
Each man raises the level of play with a cool focus and economy of gesture that make most other players look crude.
Mohamed Elshahed | Posted 07.10.2009 | Eyes & Ears
President Obama's speech was well-received on the Egyptian street, but retracing the President's path through "the timeless city of Cairo" quickly reveals that change will be hard to come by.
John L. Esposito | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics
Muslims' major grievance against the West is what they identify as the denigration of Islam and Muslims and how they are seen by the West as inferior and not of equal value.
Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 07.10.2009 | World
Obama must insist on stopping the expansion of the settlements as a prerequisite to instilling some confidence and integrity into the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations.
Richard Valeriani | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics
Obama makes first stop on trip in Saudi Arabia, saying he wanted to visit place where "Islam began." Does not mention it's also place where 9/11 began.
Anis Shivani | Posted 07.09.2009 | World
The very idea of a speech addressed to more than a billion diverse people, with different grievances against America, seems ludicrous. My advisers ha...
Ken Bacon | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics
Reducing displacement in Muslim countries and elsewhere is an important step toward creating a more peaceful, prosperous and stable world. The benefits will reach far beyond the Islamic world.
Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics