Barham Ahmed Salih Qassim was born on September 8, 1960 in Sulaymaniyah inIraqi Kurdistan. He joined thePatriotic Union of Kurdistan(PUK) movement in late 1976 and later the PUK…

The crowded streets of Ajegunle, one of the largest slums inLagos, Nigeria, are unpaved and littered with garbage. When it rains, they turn into little rivers because of the poor drainage systems…

The American public discussion of foreign policy faded to a murmur as the focus in Washington turned to the historic December 18 vote by the Democratic-majority House of Representatives to impeach…

Next March, Israelis will head to the polls for the third time in less than a year, and, once again, the vote will amount to a referendum on the rule of Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu…

Next March, Israelis will head to the polls for the third time in less than a year, and, once again, the vote will amount to a referendum on the rule of Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu…

As President Donald Trump eyes the exit in the Middle East, his critics have excoriated him for abdicating a strong U.S. role in the region and clearing a path for Russia’s dominance. Yet in their…

In the late summer of 2015, when it seemed that the flow of refugees intoEuropemight never abate, GermanChancellor Angela Merkelheld a press conference. She’d just visited a refugee center near…

In the months after large-scale protests first broke out inHong Konglast June,U.S.policy circles remained relatively quiet. Yet as demonstrations turned violent and rumors of aBeijing-directed…

In the past couple of weeks, five Lebanese attempted to kill themselves because of the deteriorating economic conditions. One man in the city of Arsal hanged himself because he could not give his…

OnOctober 14, Spain’s Supreme Court sentenced several leaders of the Catalonian separatist movement to lengthy prison terms for their role in organizing a controversial independence referendum two…