Middle East & Africa
The Third Face of Power: Manipulation
Manipulation. It is the subtle and insidious use of power by rulers over the governed and, in effect, is a form of ideological mind...
Election observation from the perspective of national security
The Islamic revolution of Iran from the beginning of its days, with the aspirations of independence and dignity, the defense of the oppressed and...
The Rebellion in Iran: A Comprehensive Assessment
In late December 2017 and in January 2018, massive protests erupted throughout the Islamic Republic of Iran. The largest countrywide uprising since 2009 started...
Catholic Church under attack in the DRC
In a country increasingly wracked by armed conflict, nothing is sacred anymore. The kidnapping of a Catholic priest in the Democratic Republic of Congo,...
The Old-Fashioned Lie of Chemical Weapons Attacks
Once a liar is always a liar, the old saying goes. The American lies and allegations about chemical weapons attacks during the Syrian conflict...
38 Years After Saddam’s Heinous Execution of the Phenomenal Philosopher Ayatollah Al-Sadr and his Sister
This week marks the 38th anniversary on Saddam's execution of Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir AL Sadr and his sister Sayedah Amina Al-Sadr , on 9...
The Macbeth Of Turkey
The ruler during Turkey’s rise to (and probable fall from) power—Erdogan—reminds me of two stories: the real-life King Saul and William Shakespeare’s fictitious character...
Remembering Syria: Iran struggles with potentially explosive environmental crisis
Iranian leaders are struggling, three months after anti-government protests swept the Islamic republic, to ensure that environmental issues that helped sparked a popular uprising...
From Despair to Optimism in Rwanda : The Story of Gaudance Mukagasana
Gaudance Mukagasana was completely lost when her husband walked away leaving her to raise their three children alone. She was young then, with no...
Rwandan genocide anniversary: Can world muster the will to prevent new atrocities?
As the world officially remembers the genocidal murder of 800,000 Rwandans in 1994, United Nations leaders warn that ethnic cleansing and mass atrocities continue...