Hassan Diab was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1959. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in communications engineering, which he received…

Last August, while preparing for the G-7 summit in Biarritz, French PresidentEmmanuel Macronopened the doors of his summer residence at Fort…

A growing number of older adults have something to smile about: research shows they're keeping their teeth longer. While that makes chewing and…

ISISis down but not out. InMarch 2019,U.S.-backed Kurdish and Arab forces captured the group’s last territorial stronghold in theMiddle East, the…

The Capital.Robert Menasse. Translated byJamie Bulloch.. Liveright, 2019. 416pp.TheEuropean Unionmay well be the most ambitious…

A crisis in Iraq has reached the gates of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad and presented a critical test of the administration’s resolve in confronting…

On January 2, Turkey’s parliament approved by a large majority a controversial bill that allows troops to be deployed to Libya in support of the…

It was only yesterday when the Arab states were mired in the prospects of a possible conflict with Turkey, as the motion to send troops to Libya was…

Over the last year and a half, politicians and activists have spent more than $900 million pumping 5.7 million ads through Facebook’s network. Is…

How Dictatorships Work.Barbara Geddes,Joseph Wright,Erica Frantz.Cambridge University Press, 2018. 270pp. The world is in an illiberal phase. In…