Middle East & Africa
International soccer bodies ignore blatant rule violations in run-up to Egyptian election
International soccer bodies, in violation of their own bylaws, have ignored the blatant mixing of sports and politics in advance of this month’s Egyptian...
Data can help to end malnutrition across Africa
In 2000, the United Nations hosted the largest gathering of political leaders ever held. At that meeting, all 189 UN member states, plus leading...
Arabs leverage lucrative nuclear contracts to enhance security and keep options open
Controversy in South Korea over a secret military clause in a nine-year old agreement to build the United Arab Emirates’ first nuclear reactor raises...
Africa Can Tackle Its “Severe Learning Crisis,” Needs to Focus on Access and Quality
Africa faces a “severe learning crisis” that undermines economic growth and the well-being of its citizens, according to a new World Bank study. The...
EU too subservient to US to challenge Washington
Prof. Nader Entessar is of the opinion that the newly revealed documents of the US State Department indicate the Trump administration has had some...
Turkey Drifts Away from the West
Turkey has lost its soft power attractiveness due to its leadership’s increasing absolutism and failed foreign policy priorities. The “zero problems with neighbors” concept...
Destroy your missiles then talk about ours
These days, in an unprecedented way, the United States is rolling down the hill faster than ever towards some sort of societal collapse and...
Tackling Brain Drain through “Brain Circulation”
During a meeting organized by the African Development Bank in Cairo, Egypt, 11 February 2018 organized on the theme, “improving partnerships in higher education,...
Letter to Guterres: Use Norouz as opportunity to promote peace
A group of distinguished professors and intellectuals have written a letter to United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres calling on him to use Norouz,...
Truths behind Afrin and Eastern Ghouta
On January 30, the Turkish military launched an operation in the Kurdish-controlled Afrin district under a code-name “Olive Branch Operation.” The offensive was against...