Where Chlorine Is Your Best Friend
Ebola vaccine trials are expected to start in Guinea shortly. But there are other signs of hope: the many improvised disinfectant dispensers sprouting around homesteads.
What is Islamic Democracy? The Three Cs of Islamic Governance
Democracy is inherent to Islamic values and Islamic historical experience. Muslims must revisit their sources and re-understand them without a bias against things.
Beyond Arms and Beards: Local Governance of ISIS in Syria
Syria presents complex governance dynamics. Without investing in local dynamics alongside the international dynamics sustainability, anti-ISIS plans are doomed to fail.
The Forgotten: Pakistan’s Transgender Population, and the Islamic State
ISIS’ in Pakistan poses a severe threat to LGBTQ Pakistanis. The debate over their presence, needs to be explained to include the safety and rights of LGBTQ populations.
The One Percent Problem
One of the strangest criticisms of US security policy is that it burdens a too small percentage of the American people. In fact, the US has stopped paying for its wars.
The Constitution, De-Constitution, and Reconstitution of International Society
If the object of persuasion is not singular and universal, but rather a plurality of sovereigns, then effecting international change becomes a more complex and political.
The Islamic State and the Arab Tribes in Eastern Syria
Achieving the coalition’s objective of destroying ISIS will depend on not only hitting the right targets at the right time, but reaching out to Arab tribes as well.
RtoP and Women, Peace and Security: A Shared Agenda for the Asia-Pacific?
Shared advocacy between the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) and the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agendas is vital to help realise their stated objectives.
Comparing Goals and Aspirations of National vs Transnational Islamist Movements
National-based Islamist movements and transnational-based Islamist movements have different approaches to diverse political attitudes and religious value systems.
The United States and Libya: Turbulent History and Uncertain Future
Libyans’ aspirations for a post-Gaddafi Libya have not been attained. Libya is moving into new phase of a more substantial civil war, with wider regional repercussions.
