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Turkish football: Illiberal President Erdogan’s latest victim
By James M. Dorsey Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s illiberal policies have targeted the…
Let’s not fool ourselves – The roots of terrorism extend beyond Islam
By Mohammed Nosseir After committing their deadly crimes, terrorists often leave a…
Notes from America: Arab Americans, the new blacks
By Ahmed Tharwat The Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris and the overhyped…
Education in Egypt hit harder by Arab Spring unrest
By Mohamed Ibrahim Education in Egypt has been further dented by the…
Better data might cost huge chunk of global aid
By Bjørn Lomborg While the world has generally seen success with the…
Iraq: A tale of two shocks
By Masood Ahmed Iraq is facing a “double shock” from the self-proclaimed…
Deaths in Paris: Separating fact from fiction
By James M. Dorsey The attacks in Paris on the satirical magazine…
The wrong uses of public health
By Dr Cesar Chelala One of my most persistent memories of my…
Egypt’s year in review 2014
With investor confidence growing, Egypt is looking forward to a sizeable boost…
Deaths in Paris: Refining the post-9/11 model
By James M. Dorsey Just like Al-Qaeda’s audacious attacks on the World…