[escenic_image id="5591284"]However dramatic was the dismissal last month of Gen. Stanley McChrystal as America’s field marshal in Afghanistan, it…

[escenic_image id="5591242"]At the International Criminal Court (ICC) review conference last month in Kampala, negotiations to add the crime of…

[escenic_image id="5590542"]A new global survey by the Pew Research Center affiliated with Harvard University shows that President Barack Obama…

[escenic_image id="5588386"]The numbers are dazzling: $19.21 billion. Possibly even topping $22 billion when the dust settles. The initial public…

[escenic_image id="5587715"] ANKARA: When the Kocatepe mosque first opened in 1987, it came as a shock to Turkey’s political system. Above ground,…

[escenic_image id="5587211"]On 29 June 2010 Taiwan and mainland China signed a historic bilateral agreement that paves the way for closer economic…

[escenic_image id="5587184"] Eclipse of the Sunnis By Deborah Amos Public Affairs, 2010 Hardback £10.50 Sectarianism remains the key issue in…

[escenic_image id="5586690"]In the recent article that abruptly ended Stanley McChrystal’s career, various controversies came to light. Apart from…

[escenic_image id="5585391"]Born in 1955 in the north-eastern Turkish province of Rize, the son of a village religious teacher, Ismail Kara is…

[escenic_image id="5585388"]Rachid Koraichi, born in Ain Beida, Algeria in 1947, now lives and works in Tunisia and France. His ability to work with…