The return of American realism
NEW YORK: There are many recurring debates in American foreign policy - for example, isolationism versus internationalism, and unilateralism versus multilateralism. But no debate is more persistent than that between…
One hijabi guinea pig at a time
CAIRO: Over six years ago, I sat in a Zamalek café with an American journalist discussing my decision to wear the veil. It was more than a year after Sept.…
Decoding Egypt: Is the Escalation of the 'Mideast Cold War' in Egypt's Interest?
CAIRO: The Egyptian regime's political and verbal confrontation with Hezbollah demonstrates that Egypt has opted for deepening the rift with Iran and its allies.Egypt's hostile posture towards Hezbollah predates the…
The Great Depression Analogy
PRINCETON: Whenever today's economic crisis is discussed, analogies to the Great Depression are never far away. In its latest "World Economic Outlook, the IMF examines the analogy explicitly, in terms…
Religious-secularist mix impacts women's rights in Turkey
MONTRÉAL: Turkey has strong ties both with its Muslim history and with secularism, understood as not mixing religion with politics. After decades of struggling between these two identities, this strategic…
King Abdullah looks to the future of Arab-Israeli relations
WASHINGTON, DC: Of all the countries involved to varying degrees in the Middle East conflict, Jordan has always been one of the most moderate voices calling for peace. And of…
New poll suggests Israelis and Palestinians want two states
NEW YORK: In the midst of a stalled peace process in the Middle East, a new poll released by the OneVoice Movement, an international grassroots peace movement equally represented both…
Swinish profit from fever
In hindsight, this was a predictable consequence of the swine flu outbreak: devious websites have begun offering fake cures. It is merely the latest adaptation of a global counterfeit drugs…
Bush's intellectual torturers
PARIS: The top-secret memoranda released by the Obama administration concerning torture practices in CIA prisons shed new light on a fundamental question: how is it that people acting in the…
Omar Effendi workers resume strike against wage discrimination
CAIRO: Employees of the Omar Effendi department store have launched another strike, a month after a three-day sit-in they staged in protest at alleged wage discrimination between them and recently-employed…
