The guns have fallen silent along the Line of Control (LoC) between Pakistani- and Indian-administered Kashmir. A fragile ceasefire is in place, but this calm is unlikely to last. Pakistan has a long ...

No nation has more immigrants than America. As foreign students and scholars at Harvard and other academic institutions learn that their visas may be revoked, I find it hard to sit still as a US ...

It was the fall of 2024. The leaves were doing their autumn thing — burnished reds, crisp yellows — perfect for a drive into Pennsylvania. Shortly after crossing the New Jersey state line, the scenery ...

As the 2024 Paris Olympics concluded on August 11, the city’s approach to managing vulnerable populations in the lead-up to the Games remains under scrutiny. Antoine de Clerck, coordinator of Le ...

Unlike most societies, political alignment in Afghanistan is not divided along the right and the left axis. Most of the policy debates in the last two decades of the so-called republic were shaped by ...

Russia is using the presence of neo-Nazis in Ukraine as a pretext for war, but the West is sweeping it under the rug. In 2014, Nuland and the US State Department got their favorite, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, ...

As demonstrations against sexual harassment and gender-based violence take center stage worldwide, Kuwait is witnessing a moment of its own. While Kuwaiti women have been fighting for their rights for ...

Amidst the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, the US engaged in a national debate on who was eligible to compete in women’s sports. As a country which was founded on the principle of “all men are ...

Donald Trump is gone, yet his specter continues to haunt American politics. The UK is no longer part of the European Union, yet Brexit continues to provoke emotions on both sides of the Channel. Both ...

Abu Dhabi sees itself as an actor of international significance. Leading the charge is Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and President Mohammed bin Zayed of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). While the UAE’s ...

The clock struck 10:25 am on August 2, 1980, when a bomb exploded at Bologna’s Central Train Station. The attack plunged the city, known at the time for its left-wing politics and home to one of the ...