[escenic_image id="55113174"]After the failed Detroit bomb plot last Christmas, Yemen is no longer headline news in Western capitals, but the poorest…

[escenic_image id="55113191"] The Afghan Ministry of Mines recently announced the discovery of an oilfield with an estimated 1.8 billion barrels in…

[escenic_image id="55103737"]Nigeria is in trouble. National elections scheduled for 2011 have the potential to undermine the country’s current…

[escenic_image id="55158793"]Last Friday, Rahm Emanuel, the most powerful White House chief of staff since Ronald Regan’s James Baker, announced his…

[escenic_image id="55200282"]The Lebanese civil war that started in 1975 was concluded with the ratification of the Taif Accord in 1989, engineered…

[escenic_image id="55183455"]As the war in Afghanistan continues to deteriorate, doubts increase in the US and abroad as to whether American military…

[escenic_image id="55183388"]Most people know that the Roma exist, but few know much about them. Who belong to this mysterious community, which…

[escenic_image id="55183253"]In a speech in Atlanta shortly after 9/11, President Bush stated that through the “war on terror” the US not only…

[escenic_image id="55183240"] Middle Eastern film production is experiencing a renaissance. There has been a substantial growth in films produced in…

[escenic_image id="55180742"]Foul play, or justice? These are different characterizations that have surrounded last week’s verdict of Tariq Aziz by…