[escenic_image id="5564398"]A year ago in a landmark speech in Cairo on June 4, President Obama called for a new beginning in America's relations with the Muslim world. Acknowledging the deep…

[escenic_image id="5555010"]Iyad Allawi, Iraq’s former interim prime minister and a current contender for the position, has been a prominent figure in most of the turning points in Iraq’s recent…

[escenic_image id="5555005"]Hamid Karzai, accompanied by a number of senior Afghan officials, recently completed his first visit to Washington since his controversial reelection as president last…

[escenic_image id="5554608"]On Obama’s second day as president, he made clear his decision to break from his predecessor’s policies by signing an executive order that would aim to close the…

[escenic_image id="5554600"]President Barack Obama’s second year in office began with no indication that Arab-Israeli peace would figure prominently on his foreign policy agenda. Declining approval…

[escenic_image id="558014"]Lebanese leaders have been busy the past few weeks warning European capitals that Israel is dangerously flirting with another war with Hezbollah. Beirut is not saying it’s…

[escenic_image id="5549996"]Yemeni-Swiss scholar Elham Manea speaks with The Majalla about the crisis in Yemen and its impact on the Gulf. Manea was born in Egypt and earned her Bachelor degree in…

[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…