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Hounding Anwar

Malaysia is often cited as a Muslim country that has successfully embraced modern technology and participatory democracy.

Ex-Advisers Warn Against Threatening to Attack Iran

The Bush administration should stop talking about a military attack as an option if negotiations do not immediately halt Iran’s uranium reprocessing program, two former national security advisers said yesterday.

Is Turkey’s Justice and Development Party a future model for the Arab world?

The Justice and Development Party (AKP) is now engaged in a political struggle with the country’s secular establishment, and the outcome is unclear. Western governments had hoped the party’s leaders

Turkey’s Turmoil

Turkey’s political crisis has taken a turn for the worse. The chief prosecutor, who has accused the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of anti-secular statements and actions, has presented

Palestinians see Obama as agent of change

JERUSALEM -- With Barack Obama touring the Middle East and leading in the polls ahead of the U.S. presidential election this fall, many Palestinians are beginning to hope that the

POMED Notes: Islamist Parties and Democracy

Yesterday, the International Forum for Democratic Studies and the National Endowment for Democracy invited Hillel Fradkin, Amr Hamzawy, Laith Kubba, and Tamara Cofman Wittes to assess the rise of Islamist