Over the past ten years, Israeli forces have interrogated, prosecuted, and/or imprisoned over 7,000 Palestinian children within the Israeli military justice system. Despite international pressure, the number of arrests…
According to a recent Washington Post article about Egypt’s decision to cut off diplomatic relations with Syria, President Morsi’s actions and call for Hezbollah to leave Syria “point to…
In an increasingly volatile world, few threats to peace compare to the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iranian government. For the Iranian people, however, the government already is at war and…
The “Arab Spring” is being referred to as the “Christian Winter” because Christian persecution is prevalent throughout the region, including in Syria. Around 10 percent of the Syrian population…
Early Tuesday morning, Turkish riot police once again stormed Gezi Park in Istanbul’s Taksim Square, the epicenter of the almost two-week nationwide protests against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Twelve years of ongoing military operations have strained the U.S. military significantly. With forces having left Iraq over a year ago and the gradual security transition in Afghanistan underway, the…
Over the past decade, India has carefully nurtured the image of a committed friend in Afghanistan. Its diplomats quickly returned to Kabul in 2001 after the overthrow of the Taliban…
The Korean Peninsula seems to have calmed down after months of heated tension among all parties involved. Indeed, recent events may suggest that neither Korean state is willing to risk…
On June 3, the U.S. Congress and the nation lost a strong advocate for human rights, including the bedrock right to freedom of religion or belief, with the passing of…
