[escenic_image id="556218"]Democracy is not a thing of beauty.  It is messy, loud, and chaotic.  It is always and everywhere imperfect and incomplete…

[escenic_image id="554918"] By Nicholas Schmidle Nicholas Schmidle, journalist and Fellow at the New American Foundation, went to Pakistan.  He…

[escenic_image id="554917"] By Anthony Giddens This is not a book about climate change, which is a point Giddens clearly states in the introduction,…

[escenic_image id="554915"]The Lebanese parliamentary elections ended more than a month ago, and today the Lebanese people are going through another…

[escenic_image id="556235"]The Middle East quagmire is so riddled in encrypted messages that it’s time to call things by their real name. Israel’s…

[escenic_image id="554927"]If a really close friend advises buying shares in a company without offering any other details, a good investor would…

[escenic_image id="554933"] A Window of Opportunity Despite the Disappointment, There is Hope Safa Haeri – Iranian-born career journalist living…

[escenic_image id="557229"]On international issues Tony Blair was a liberal-conservative politician. Liberal, due to his approach of democracy…

[escenic_image id="554609"]Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s controversial re-election presents both challenges and opportunities for President Barack Obama’s…

[escenic_image id="554923"]For those who are committed to the rhetoric of “winners” and “losers”, the Lebanese elections are quite straight forward…