As the number of people killed by Ben Ali’s security forces rises, victims’ family have reported that some of the fallen are citizens of European nations. The French Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday that one of the victims killed in the central Tunisian town of Douz during Wednesday clashes was a dual French-Tunisian citizen. “We Read more
Continue Readingby A. E. SOUAIAIA Two matters are intimately connected: security and economic power. How countries leverage economic power to maintain security and how security is used as pretext for monopolizing power show the interconnectedness of economic development and global security. For the three cases that I will examine (North-South Korea, India-Pakistan, and Iran-West standoffs), I Read more
Continue ReadingDuring the 2008 presidential campaign, then candidate Obama challenged Hillary Clinton’s assertion that some things must be kept secret in order to be an effective leader. He argued that in a democracy, the voting public must be informed. We all know that now President Obama sits on secrets that neither he nor career policy makers Read more
Continue ReadingThe Obama administration promised a new era with the Islamic world based on mutual respect and common interests. The US and the Islamic world must work together to end deadly extremism and dislocating suspicions. The global relations can be balanced when each side of the equation is also balanced. While the US administration must respect Read more
Continue ReadingWhere should Muslims build mosques? – The Daily Iowan Where should Muslims build mosques? – GUEST OPINION | AUGUST 25, 2010 7:20 AM The Muslim-American community is growing, and with growth comes the need for community centers, mosques, and a public presence. Every state in the United States contains at least one mosque, according to Read more
Continue ReadingSource: International Affairs President Barack Obama delivering his State of the Union address on Captitol Hill, Jan. 27, 2010. AP Photo/Charles Dharapak Given the economic hardships that we–as a nation–are facing, it is understandable if the president dedicates more than ninety percent of his state of the union address to domestic issues. But if he Read more
Continue ReadingHaitian children sit in the Canadian run Masion Enfants Espoir orphanage Friday, Jan. 29, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Ryan Remiorz. It is being reported in the news this week that Baptist missionaries from Idaho have been accused of attempted kidnapping. They were detained as they tried to transport 33 Haitian orphans Read more
Continue ReadingDemonstrators face legal charges for eroding image of respectability of national founder Tens of thousands of Iranians have staged rallies on Friday to protest what they deem as acts “of desecration of the image of the late founder of the Islamic revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khumeini. This wave of protests is a reaction to TV footages Read more
Continue ReadingBy A.E. SOUAIAIA Swiss Justice Minister, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, said that Sunday’s referendum, during which voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional ban on minarets, was not “a referendum against Islam… but a vote directed against fundamentalist developments.” I say, what the &%@#! Seriously, can someone explain to me how a ban on building minarets could fight fundamentalism? Read more
Continue ReadingBy Ahmed E. Souaiaia* October 19, 2009 War is very destructive. However, despite the human and economic costs, war also creates new opportunities and ends oppressive political and administrative stagnation. The human cost of the Iraq war could be mitigated by the economic and political return of the reshuffling of the cards in the Middle Read more
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