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ActivitesHuman RightsIslamic IssuesIslamic Movements December 5, 2008

The Islamist Dilemma

The Century Foundation has published a report by POMED’s Director of Research Shadi Hamid entitled “Resolving America’s Islamist Dilemma.” In it, Hamid points out that the U.S. has no clear
ActivitesHuman Rights December 5, 2008

Voices of America: U.S. Public Diplomacy for the 21st Century

For generations, America’s standing in the world has been a source of strength, security, prosperity, and legitimacy. That standing is now in peril, according to a wide range of studies
InterviewsIraqIslamic Movements December 4, 2008

Iraq Kurdish Leader Muthanna Amin in a Feature Interview with Ikhwanweb

-Resistance is a project of victory not suicide, and what"s going on in Iraq now is no more than chaos. -The discourse of some Islamic movements is generally emotional lacking
ActivitesHuman Rights December 4, 2008

Dozens Muslim Brotherhood Members Rounded up on Showing Solidarity with Israeli-Blockaded Gaza

Egyptian security services launched on Thursday dawn sweeps of arrests that included- until now- 14 Muslim Brotherhood members from Alexandria, 12 from Sharqiyah, 20 from Ismailia, 14 from Gharbiya.
ActivitesHuman RightsPalestine December 4, 2008

Swiss expert: The western world went wrong when it boycotted Hamas governments

Swiss expert Gabriel Galis stated that the western world committed a mistake when it boycotted the two Palestinian governments formed after Hamas won elections, adding this aggravated the crises more
ActivitesHuman RightsPalestine December 4, 2008

MP Khudari hails Euro parliament for not voting to raise relations with Israel

MP Jamal Al-Khudari, the head of the popular committee against the siege, on Thursday hailed the European parliament for deciding to postpone the vote to raise the level of relations
ActivitesHuman RightsPalestine December 4, 2008

Haneyya invites Ihsanoglu to visit Gaza

Ismail Haneyya, the premier of the PA caretaker government, has briefed Ekmaluddin Ihsanoglu, the secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Conference, on developments in besieged Gaza Strip.
ActivitesHuman Rights December 4, 2008

Mumbai Attacks: The Messages and Challenges

and freelanced as a copywriter for advertising agencies in Mumbai. Every time I got a new gig, I would celebrate by going to the Taj for a buffet or a
ActivitesHuman Rights December 4, 2008

Pragmatism

To add to my post the other day on the role of ideology in foreign policy, I just want to say something about “pragmatism,” since we are hearing that word
ActivitesHuman Rights December 4, 2008

Restoring the Balance: A Middle East Strategy for the Next President

The Brookings Institution and the Council on Foreign Relations have joined efforts to conduct research, travel the region, and develop non-partisan policy recommendations for the President-Elect Barack Obama. You can