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The Washington Spectator
Nonprofit and reader-supported, the Spectator reports from the ground on the excesses of the public and private sectors that distort our politics and undermine democracy. Each … More
Immanuel Wallerstein
Immanuel Wallerstein, Senior Research Scholar at Yale University, is the author of The Decline of American Power: The U.S. in a Chaotic World (New Press). Professor Wallerstein … More
Richard Bulliet
Richard Bulliet is Professor of Middle East History at Columbia University. He writes about Muslim religious politics in both the contemporary world and in earlier periods of … More
Rami G. Khouri
Rami George Khouri is an internationally syndicated political columnist and book author. He was the first director, and is now a senior fellow, at the Issam Fares Institute for … More
The Arab Weekly
From Europe to the Middle East, Asia, and North America, The Arab Weekly delivers the news and opinions that inform and shape decisions. We provide insight and commentary on … More
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Columbia 1968: Some personal memories
April 23, 2018 marks the 50th Anniversary of the Columbia student uprising in 1968. Since I was involved in the events … More
Four reasons we should be skeptical about the U.S.-led attacks on Syria
BEIRUT — The tripartite Anglo-American-French missile strikes against targets in Syria that aimed to punish the Syrian government and deter it from using chemical weapons should … More
Lula arrested: How successful a coup?
On April 7, 2018 in Brazil Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva was arrested and taken to prison in Curitiba to begin a twelve-year sentence. He was Brazil's president from January 2003 to … More
Recurrent themes: corruption and national security
People everywhere make claims and complain regularly about corruption and about national security. There is virtually no country in the world where this does not occur. If no one … More
Can Arabs and Iran act and not just talk nice?
Iranian foreign minister Mohammed Javad Zarif's proposal for moving towards new security arrangements in the Middle East is an important gesture that should be read in two … More
A stable Korean Peninsula: Is a deal possible?
Two extremely unexpected events occurred regarding the Korean Peninsula in the first week of March 2018. North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, offered to meet with President Trump, … More