Opinion

Why ISIS’s Destruction of Antiquities Hurts So Much

It has murdered hundreds of defenseless people on camera after all manner of torture. It has thrown homosexuals to their death from towers.   And yet,...

Four Rival Factions Pick over Syria’s Bones

In the latest blow to supporters of the "moderate" elements among the Syrian rebels, the Harakat Hazm "Movement of Determination" last week announced that...

ISIS’ Plan to Take Its Caliphate Worldwide

Boko Haram isn’t about to become a mere extension of ISIS, despite a purported pledge allegiance to the self-proclaimed Islamic State this weekend. Instead,...

Nurturing Egypt’s Economic Transformation

The discussions are sure to shed light on the ongoing revival of one of the largest economies in the region.   The numbers are encouraging. After...

Americans’ Views Increasingly Hawkish on Responding to Terrorism, ISIS

As economic worries gradually subside, concern about terrorism is on the rise.  The survey finds that terrorism now trails only the economy on the...

Patriotism and Nationalism in Egypt

I ran into Mina a week before the October 2011 massacre of almost thirty Coptic protesters at Maspero. Citizenship rights of Copts should be...

What Are the Prospects for Building the Riyadh-Cairo-Ankara Security Axis?

But that leaves the state of play among the parties the same as it was prior to the visit.   On his way back from Saudi...

From Iraq to Syria: the Genocidal Ordeal of the Assyrians

A new tragedy and collective extermination against the Assyrian-Chaldeans is once more unfolding before our eyes in pain and blood in Syria, since Monday...

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