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Analysis: US Wrong on Abu Hamza Al-Muhajir’s Identity
September 7, 2006
In his first tape release, the current leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq gave a different name than what was originally released by the U.S. and Iraqi governments.
The real identity of Abu Hamza Al-Muhajir has been…
Dissolution of the Kuwaiti National Assembly: A Positive Move
Dissolution of the Kuwaiti National Assembly: A Positive MoveJune 15, 2006
By Logan Barclift
In May the Emir of Kuwait dissolved the National Assembly when three legislators requested that the Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Sabah, a…
Kuwait: After the Elections
Last month's dissolution of Kuwait's National Assembly was the result of frustrations that have been building for many years. Disagreement between the government and the Assembly over further increases in wages for public employees…
Obama Can Hit Two Birds with One Stone
By Matthew Mainen
As the rightwing Likud party’s Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to assume the Israeli premiership for the second time in his career, he inherits a Middle East drastically different than that inherited during his first…
What Should Obama Say in Riyadh
By Ali Al-Ahmed
Washington DC - President Barack Obama is certainly not going to see the dismembered body of a beheaded convict in the center of the Saudi capital Riyadh, when arrives there today to meet the Saudi king Abdullah. …
Will “No Women, No Play” Be Enough?
By Lauren Sheldon and Emma Sterling March 4, 2011 One day we were average college students working towards our education and the next day we were young professionals working in the midst of a turning point in history. We were ecstatic…
Obama’s Dubious Deal
By Matthew Mainen
March 15, 2011
As the US pursues multilateralism for the Libya situation, it has looked to Saudi Arabia for support. For decades, the US has maintained a tacit policy of disregarding Saudi Arabia’s dismal human…