Recent events in theBlack Seahave thrust Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war inUkraine back into the international headlines, but for ordinary Ukrainians, it never went away. Over the past four…

George H. W. Bushentered the presidency better prepared to lead the United States’ relations with the world than anyU.S.president before or since. LikeRichard Nixon, Bush had served inCongressand as…

Pity Libyans for the pageantry of their international summits. Over the years, at palaces, resorts, and hotels across several continents, the country’s factional leaders have met, shepherded by…

While American media criticism and political challenges to Saudi Arabia have continued in recent weeks, a countervailing trend has also emerged: In the wake of the Khashoggi killing, a variety of…

Illustration by Ali Almandalawi Abizaid was born on April 1, 1951 in Redwood City, California. He is a descendent of a family of Lebanese Catholic…

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Marc Schneier is founding rabbi of the Hampton Synagogue in Westhampton Beach, New York and founder and president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding. He received his rabbinical ordination…

Following a few years of a ceasefire between Lebanese PM-designate Saad Hariri and Hezbollah, the tension between the two political leadership is rising. It appears to be about the last hurdle in…

Illustration by Ali Almandalawi (1)Rashida Tlaib was born on Saturday 24 July 1976 in Detroit, Michigan to Palestinian migrant parents. Tlaib is the oldest of 14…

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