Islamophobia does not result from a specific strategy to create the ideal scapegoat, but Muslims came in opportunely to fulfil this function within ultra-liberal European societies.
Decades of energy colonialism in the Middle East come face to face with a democratic challenge in Rojava (Syrian Kurdistan).
When much of the world pays no lip service to democratic values, it would be a great disaster if countries in the heart of Europe were to turn away.
National security entrusted to the market's private military and security companies can only address the symptoms, not the causes, of war and insecurity. Interview.
Politicians fighting over immigration still don't understand how violence continues to drive people out of Central America.
Arab Awakening's columnists offer their weekly perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East. Leading the week: A Syrian fearing exile and return.
The blame game allows these commonly quite similar parties in practice to distinguish themselves from each other in rhetoric.
Many Syrian activists have left Syria voluntarily, either being refused permission to return or being threatened with imprisonment or death. They face an unknown destiny in exile.
Behind the headlines of Silicon Valley companies offering female employees the chance to freeze their eggs lie more fundamental unresolved questions of gender in the workplace – and the role of work in our lives.
The US and EU urgently need a better understanding of realities on the ground, the nature and diversity of attitudes to national self-determination in various parts of Kurdistan, and how they have been affected by the war against ISIS.
