What does it mean for Islamists to "win"?
This has been a challenging time for mainstream Islamists—defined here as branches, affiliates, or descendants of the Muslim Brotherhood. In the public imagination, they have been eclipsed by extremist…
This has been a challenging time for mainstream Islamists—defined here as branches, affiliates, or descendants of the Muslim Brotherhood. In the public imagination, they have been eclipsed by extremist…
If 2015 was a difficult year globally, both in economic and political terms– terrorist attacks by the Islamic State, massive migration flows, geopolitical tensions, war in Syria and populism…
President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has been a very effective leader for his small Central African nation. First, he led the Rwandan Patriotic Front when it ended the 1994 genocide…
Editor’s note: In the fifth GOP debate of the presidential primaries, the topic of the night centered on terrorism and the fight against ISIS. Philippe Le Corre and Constanze Stelzenmüller provided…
A FAIR study of presidential primary debate questions Moderators at the presidential primary debates. First row: Bret Baier (Fox), Megyn Kelly (Fox), Chris Wallace (Fox); second row: Anderson Cooper (CNN),…
For the United States, the era of a “rising China” is a novel challenge. For Vietnam, it’s the reprise of a thousand year old theme. China’s quest for hegemony over…
On December 6, Venezuelans head to the polls for legislative elections. They do so amidst a dramatic economic and social crisis: the annual inflation rate has reached 170 percent…
The past couple of weeks have introduced an unusual dynamic into my life as a Canadian working in international policy circles. Following the election of a new federal government…