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Being a Muslim and being a feminist are not mutually exclusive
By Fatemeh Fakhraie PORTLAND, Oregon: People, Muslim and non-Muslim alike, often tell me…
A PALESTINIAN VIEW: 2012: A grim staging ground
By Ghassan Khatib The two main Middle East-related events of 2011 appear to…
AN ISRAELI VIEW: At best, 2012 will be a year of reassessment
By Yossi Alpher The year 2012 will almost certainly not witness any progress…
Charisma we can believe in
By Joseph Nye CAMBRIDGE: A leadership transition is scheduled in two major autocracies…
The Emperor’s new climate-change agreement
By Bjørn Lomborg COPENHAGEN: Dressing up failure as victory has been integral to…
Winners and losers in the Arab revolutions: Central Europe
By Matyas Eorsi We have more and more reasons to be skeptical about…
In Syria, what does Russia want?
By Hussain Abdul-Hussain Russian policy on Syria might seem planned and coherent, but…
Striking euro gold (and silver)
By Harold James PRINCETON: The alternatives for Europe’s currency, the euro, seem increasingly…
China and the Arab Spring
By Kelley Currie There has been speculation that China's authoritarians stood to benefit…