[escenic_image id="5522871"]On a recent Saturday night in Baghdad, four workers for a newly formed Iraqi political party, known as Ahrar, tried to put up posters of their candidate in Sadr City…

[escenic_image id="5524574"]Turkey’s negotiations to join the European Union may have faltered of late, but, in a little-noticed turnaround, it is now using the same ideas that brought stability to…

[escenic_image id="5522499"] ISTANBUL: With the confrontation between Iran and the US heating up, Glyn Davies enjoys front-row involvement in often frantic behind-the-scenes diplomacy at the…

Taking a quick look at a map of Pakistan one can easily grasp that the Balochistan province, one of the four that constitute Pakistan, is almost half of the country’s territory. In spite of its size,…

[escenic_image id="5519560"]As coincidental as it may seem, Masoud Barzani the President of Iraqi Kurdistan, was born on 16 August 1946, the day the Kurdistan Democratic Party was founded.  He is…

[escenic_image id="5520899"]There is a tendency in Washington to assume that there is a Washington answer for everything.  Americans’ wealth, creativity and accomplishment burnish the idea that every…

In Iran, 11 February is celebrated every year as the day of the triumph of the Islamic Revolution. This year, one of the most tumultuous the country has seen in the last three decades, the tradition…

[escenic_image id="5516683"]Of the many wild cards that emerged from the US’s invasion of Iraq, perhaps none was more underestimated than that of Muqtada al-Sadr. The anti-American cleric and head of…

[escenic_image id="5516613"]Dr. Anne-Marie Slaughter runs what is widely regarded as Washington’s most influential think tank. As the Director of Policy Planning at the United States Department of…

Saad Hariri's assuming power as the prime minister of Lebanon marks the beginning of a new stage in Lebanon. Hariri, who formed his cabinet with difficulty, five months after the parliamentary…