The key is youth participation
By Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni STRASBOURG: When the Secretary General of the United Nations recently said that failing to invest in the one billion young people of the world “is a false economy,”…
Forging Syria’s opposition
By Itamar Rabinovich TEL AVIV: Syria’s crisis is now a year old, with close to 10,000 people, mostly civilians, dead — and no end in sight. The country is at a…
The summit of muted intentions
By Jorge G. Castañeda MEXICO CITY: The Summit of the Americas, which takes place roughly every three years, could be viewed as the sort of Latin American boondoggle that convenes heads…
The ICC: Is Africa on trial?
By Rachael Akidi Is the International Criminal Court a valid court of last resort or another example of the West flexing its muscles in Africa? About two weeks ago, the court…
Body of brutally beaten woman to be flown to Iraq
By Elliot Spagat / AP EL CAJON: A Muslim leader says that the body of an Iraqi-American woman who was found brutally beaten next to a note saying "go back to…
NY exhibit focuses on early career of Keith Haring
By Ula Ilnytzky / AP The bohemian atmosphere of downtown New York in the 1970s and 1980s had a huge impact on the art of Keith Haring, from his impromptu subway…
Art Dubai spotlights Arab talents
By Heba Elkayal With 20,000 visitors flocking to Art Dubai, the region’s largest art fair — now in its sixth year — was considered by organizers and participating galleries a success…
I kill, therefore I am
By Dominique Moisi PARIS: “One must fight both terrorists and the causes of terrorism with the same determination.” That formula, coined ten years ago in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks…
Iraq and the unpredictable Syrian trajectory
By Safa A. Hussein Iraqis celebrated the "Arab spring" that changed the regimes of Tunisia, Egypt and Yemen. But they are divided about the protests and uprisings in Bahrain and Syria.…
Turkey, Syria, Iraq and the Kurdish issue
By Soli Ozel Syria, as always, is more than just Syria. The outcome of the deepening civil war or the violent fragmentation of the country will have a bearing on developments…