NO LET UP
Syrian Regime Shells Site Of Massacre

Jonathan Granoff, 05/31/12

President, Global Security Institute

One can only imagine how much more successful the NATO gathering would have been had its members attended April's summit of Nobel Peace Laureates.

Robert Scheer, 05/31/12

Editor, Truthdig.com; Author, 'The Great American Stickup'

Now we have Rambo Obama, a steely warrior who hurls death-dealing drones at anyone who threatens the good old USA. Including children. The Obama answer to human rights groups is the same as that offered by George W. Bush: Get the Justice Department to say that anything goes.

Eva Smets, 05/31/12

Director, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict

Luis Moreno-Ocampo's recent decision to add separate charges on sexual violence against Bosco Ntaganda is a promising move. It may give voice to the many Congolese women and girls, abducted, raped and used as sexual slaves by their "commanders."

Marcelo Giugale, 05/30/12

World Bank’s Director of Economic Policy and Poverty Reduction Programs for Africa

Direct cash transfers can be more than a smart way to deliver social assistance. In fact, they may provide Africa with a neat solution to its most urgent problem: how to handle its massive commodity bonanza.

Mark Joaquin Ruiz, 05/31/12

Co-Founder and President, Hapinoy/MicroVentures, Philippines

Inasmuch as I am excited with the enormous potential of our region, I still can't help but question how much of that growth will actually impact those at the economic base-of-the-pyramid, arguably those who need to benefit from this the most.

Yoani Sanchez, 05/31/12

Award-winning Cuban blogger

They walk among us and no one screams in fear, "The Soviets are back!" Because it's clear to everyone that they've returned and, swimming at our beaches or drinking a mojito in some tourist bar, they are -- clearly -- Russians.

Adel Iskandar, 05/30/12

Media Scholar and lecturer, Georgetown University

As people's dislike for both Shafiq and Morsy deepens, and with Sabbahi's popularity continuing to soar, many are praying for a miracle. Yet there is not good outcome. Instead, it is between bad and worse.

Abraham H. Foxman, 05/30/12

National Director, Anti-Defamation League

The Baghdad meeting enhanced the credibility of the Israeli position that the Iranians see diplomacy as merely a stalling tactic to enable it to move forward on its nuclear program.

Otaviano Canuto, 05/30/12

Vice President, Poverty Reduction, World Bank

As we and others have argued in the past, the misallocation and mismanagement of natural resource wealth are often associated with weak governance at the domestic level.

Stephen Zunes, 05/30/12

Professor of Politics and Chair of Mid-Eastern Studies, University of San Francisco

Earlier this month, the House of Representatives passed a dangerous piece of legislation which would undermine the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. The margin was an overwhelming 411-2, with eight abstentions.

Moriel Rothman, 05/30/12

American-Israeli writer and activist

Are the arrests in Silwan aimed at remedying the violence present among many youth living in Israeli controlled territory, or are they part of a larger strategy to frighten the Palestinian population of Silwan in particular and East Jerusalem in general into submission?

Natasha Tynes, 05/30/12

Jordanian-American Journalist

What makes this story remarkable is not the fact that Vivian Salameh sued her employer. It is the fact that a Christian Jordanian vocally criticized an issue that is related to the country's major religion: Islam.

Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, 05/30/12

President of the Conference of European Rabbis

In an age when society is not as tolerant as we would perhaps like to think it is, each one of us shares the responsibility to identify and challenge hatred, at home, at work, in all aspects of life, in the UK and across Europe.

Anne-Marie O'Connor, 05/30/12

Author, 'The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt’s Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer'

As Austrian tourist officials invite the world to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birthday of this early modernist, some of his most spectacular portraits and landscapes are missing from the walls of Austrian museums.

Rahilla Zafar, 05/30/12

Writer/Adventurer, ARZU Ambassador

Breast cancer activism in Saudi Arabia has helped spark a cultural revolution bringing thousands of women together to help raise awareness.

Louis Belanger, 05/30/12

Spokesperson, Oxfam

According to a new study by Oxfam, the ammunition trade tops $4 billion and yet the world has little regulation to control and keep track of who the bullets are sold to.

Moisés Naím, 05/30/12

Senior Associate, Carnegie’s International Economics Program

The assumptions that there is nothing new regarding crime and corruption and that these plagues are an inevitable part of the human experience are clouding an important change: the ascent of the mafia state, an old player that has gained renewed potency.