[escenic_image id="5576184"]The impending sale of billions of dollars of additional US weapons to Saudi Arabia, if realized, could achieve a major…

[escenic_image id="55156793"]The celebrated American writer Mark Twain once said that “the difference between the right word and the almost right…

[escenic_image id="55156060"]In markets like Khan El-Khalili in the old city of Cairo, or indeed in any other Arab souk, the shops, courtyards and…

[escenic_image id="55155341"]It was only five years ago when the then unknown mayor of Tehran kissed the hands of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei…

[escenic_image id="55150430"]Germany is in a tough spot. On the one hand, the country's recent roaring growth figures have validated its export-led…

[escenic_image id="55144526"]After months in which it was not clear just how influential the Tea Party would be and if the anger it channeled would…

[escenic_image id="55150410"]While most Afghanistan observers are looking to major operations in Marjah and Kandahar for signs of how President Obama…

[escenic_image id="55149782"]Since its independence in 1919, Afghanistan has been influenced by foreign forces, and the last 30 years of its…

[escenic_image id="55149639"]A day after the one-year anniversary of the disputed June 12 elections, a series of YouTube clips appeared on the web…

[escenic_image id="55144538"] Faith and Power: Religion and Politics in the Middle East Bernard Lewis Oxford University Press 2010 £10.49 …