Orbán defeat: a setback for populists; a boost for Brussels

After 16 years, there is finally a political transition in Budapest. This is an annoyance in Moscow and Washington, a relief in Brussels, and a warning to Europe's populists.

Khattar Abu Diab

Manifest Destiny

[caption id="attachment_55233975" align="aligncenter" width="620"] A girl listens to Republican vice presidential candidate, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan speak at Westlake Recreation Center on September 4,…

Stephen Glain

The Unknowable Candidate

[caption id="attachment_55233961" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Mitt Romney greets supporters during a campaign rally at Union Terminal on September 1, 2012 in Cincinnati, Ohio[/caption]Watching…

Political Editor: Majalla

Islamophobia in the United States

[caption id="attachment_55233946" align="alignnone" width="475"] (credit: CAIR, UC Berkeley)[/caption]I recommend to readers a special edition published recently in The Nation on Islamophobia in the…

Stephen Glain

The Written Revolution

[caption id="attachment_55233875" align="alignnone" width="594"] Egyptian writer Khaled Al-Khamissi [/caption]Khaled al-Khamissi is an Egyptian who was once hailed as the man who “predicted the…

Alastair Beach

The Ashamed American

[caption id="attachment_55233855" align="alignnone" width="620"] President Obama (credit: Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post)[/caption]Presidential elections in the United States are a disgraceful…

Jacqueline Shoen

The Republican Vision

[caption id="attachment_55233828" align="alignnone" width="620"] Clint Eastwood speaks during the final day of the Republican National Convention [/caption]The spectral void that haunted the…

Stephen Glain

Overthrow the System

[caption id="attachment_55233808" align="aligncenter" width="620"] A demonstrator shouts slogans during a protest calling for the respect of women's rights and other fundamental rights on August 13,…

Jacqueline Shoen

Assad Survives?

[caption id="attachment_55233784" align="aligncenter" width="620"] The Syrian flag flies in Damascus during a pro-government rally in February 2012[/caption]As Syria faces its eighteen month of…

Andrew Bowen

The Enemy Within

[caption id="attachment_55233749" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Ahmed Mourad was Egypt’s official presidential photographer for ten years[/caption]When it comes to glad-handing dictators, Ahmed…

Alastair Beach