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Despite the costly efforts of Arab activists and citizens over the past decade of the Arab Uprisings, today no Arab state can claim to be fully democratic. Two countries, Egypt and Tunisia, traveled farthest down the path towards democracy, and Tunisia witnessed ten years of democratic elections–but today neither country protects the rights of citizens […]
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Deadlock following Iraq’s October 10th, 2021 elections shows that control over the security forces remains the country’s most important political issue. The parliamentary block led by Shia politician and militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr won a clear plurality of seats. However, a bloc of Iran-backed parties refuses to allow them to form a government. At the […]
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Oya Dursun-Özkanca, author of 'Turkey–West Relations," out now, on the recent NATO Summit.
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In both academia and the media, a well-known perception is that Christianity essentially embraces religion-state separation whereas Islam essentially rejects it. Defenders of this perception provide some textual evidences. To show religion-state separation in Christianity, they quote a Biblical phrase, “render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are […]
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War poets bring an impossible beauty and entirely new perspective to the most awful of subjects. On Wednesdays, we’ll receive a new perspective on these writers. Yesterday’s New York Times ran a front-page story on the writings of American soldiers recently killed in Iraq. In the poems that have emerged from the conflict in Iraq, […]
Read MoreCheck out video of James Winn’s book launch here. Discuss.
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The New York Times’ recent article on McCain’s visit to Iraq highlights a sticking-point for the presidential candidates’ campaigns – the war factor. But will anything really change? Our own Sadhika Salariya has been working with a couple of authors who have their own ideas about what the next president will bring. “As commander-in-chief, I […]
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Harper’s Magazine has just recently posted “Six Questions for Joost Hiltermann.” Hiltermann is the author of our new book A Poisonous Affair: America, Iraq, and the Gassing of Halabja. It’s a powerful examination of the Iraqi chemical attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja in 1988 and the ramifications that we’re still dealing with today.Joost […]
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