[escenic_image id="5549961"]The single greatest surprise of the British general election is that it happens so fast. Britain is home to 61 million people, more than 44 million of them registered to…

[escenic_image id="5548656"]US President Barack Obama has launched his long-expected campaign to reduce the threat of global nuclear war and nuclear terrorism. Last year, Obama received a Nobel Peace…

[escenic_image id="5548172"]Professor Charles Tripp, of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London, is a world-renowned expert on the politics and history of Iraq. As part of a small…

[escenic_image id="5547374"]Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, has a difficult political history. Since its independence, ethnic and sectarian violence has complicated the tenuous…

[escenic_image id="5526375"]Turkey has astonished many observers with dazzling new directions in its foreign policy. Today, Ankara is considering visa-free travel with Syria and Libya and holds…

[escenic_image id="5544141"]Since 9/11, the eagerness of the US to tackle militancy in Pakistan has traditionally clashed with the position of the Pakistani army. Pakistani authorities always had…

[escenic_image id="5543766"]As the US prepares to send another troop surge to Afghanistan, hinting that a military solution stands to offer Afghanistan stability, Kai Eide has voiced a dissenting…

[escenic_image id="5542814"]Americans think they won the war in Iraq. Scratch that: a significant number of American officials, media pundits, and politicians have taken it upon themselves to…

[escenic_image id="5542272"]America’s top expert on Iran is the only serving US official to have had a face-to-face meeting with the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the famously aloof…

When an ideal stands in the moral high-ground as if it were the only one worth fighting for, the notion of the bigger picture can be lost. This might just be the case with the pursuit of justice by…