Nobody likely envies the challenge President Barack Obama faces getting his “messaging” right on Iran. He must meet the demands of election-year politics and continue to press Tehran’s back to the wall over its nuclear program, …
Fashion Week in Pakistan: Can Couture Trump Conservatism?
Fashionistas the world over will look to the Big Apple as the spotlight falls on New York City ahead of the start of its glitzy Fashion Week this Thursday. But, away from the catwalks and cocktail parties of fashion’s North American capital, the industry struts its stuff in far more troubled frontiers. I attended Pakistan’s Fashion Week …
The Mainstreaming of Hamas Continues as Palestinian Unity Gains Steam
One of the least-noticed consequences of the Arab Spring might be called the “mainstreaming of Hamas.” The chief of the Palestinian party and militia, which the West knows chiefly for its suicide attacks on Israel, has …
Russia and China Challenge the West on Syria: What Implications for Iran?
The breach among the Permanent Five members of the U.N. Security Council in Saturday’s vote on Syria’s increasingly bloody power struggle could have profound implications for Syria’s immediate future. But it may also signal …
Must Reads from Around the World: Feb. 6, 2012
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Is Malaria Twice as Deadly as We Think It Is?
The news that malaria kills almost twice as many people a year as previously believed — not 655,000 but a staggering 1.2 million — is only the latest evidence of how poorly even the best scientists and researchers understand …
Erdogan vs. Auster: Why Is the Turkish Prime Minister Feuding with a Brooklyn-Based Writer?
An Internet-fueled war of words raged across the Atlantic this week between the unlikeliest of opponents: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, an Islamic-leaning politician of fiery rhetoric and oft bellicose disposition, …
A Repulsive Children’s Crusade in Venezuela – But Hope for a Civil Presidential Campaign?
It is a disgusting picture. Seated beneath a mural of Jesus Christ holding a gun, three children covering their faces with political bandanas brandish assault rifles as an adult proudly stands beside them. The photo, taken in a …
Egyptian Protests Continue After Deadly Soccer Riot
Demonstrators and police clash over the deaths in Port Said
India Hangs Up on the Mobile-Phone Industry — and Investor Confidence
India’s Supreme Court decided yesterday to cancel 122 controversial mobile-phone licenses, ending nearly three years of uncertainty but opening up a new round of skepticism about India as a destination for foreign …
“The conditions of the Soviet Union and the Stalinist regime are back in Ukraine.”
NYPD vs. Muslims: Is an Entire Community Being Profiled?
The AP released Thursday a secret 2006 NYPD document it had obtained, showing how a department within New York City’s police force had systematically profiled and solicited intelligence regarding members of New York’s Shi’ite …