Women are emerging as a powerful force in countering radicalization in Pakistan.
“The alliance of educated Pakistani women against religious extremism is an extraordinary and heartening development in a country where women face stringent restrictions and enjoy minimal freedom …
As ultraconservative Salafists today joined liberals and leftists in criticizing parliamentary maneuvers by Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, is “a new power structure” emerging?
The latest realignments in Egyptian politics came as the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces …
A prominent ministerial favorite of ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak leads the opinion polls ahead of Egypt’s forthcoming presidential elections.
But former foreign minister Amr Moussa’s main rival, Abdel Moneim Abol Fotouh (right), once a senior leader of the powerful Muslim …
Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng’s audacious escape from detention is likely to have as big an impact on US-China relations as it is having on the ruling party’s internal ideological conflicts.
“The fate of Chen Guangcheng is not one of those …
The case of Chen Guangcheng, the blind human rights advocate, is creating a dual dilemma – for China’s ruling Communist party and the US government.
The barefoot lawyer’s escape from house arrest and his move to seek refuge at the …
“Standing on a peninsula that reaches out into Baku’s Caspian Sea bay, the sparkling new Crystal Hall is a symbol of Azerbaijan’s hopes and ambitions for next month’s Eurovision song contest,” AFP reports:
As well as building the ultra-modern …
“On May 6th the French vote for a president and the Greeks and Armenians for parliaments. For Serbs it is the big bang: they will vote for a president, a parliament, in local elections and, in the province of Vojvodina, …
The scandal over ousted neo-Maoist Bo Xilai (right) reflects a growing ideological struggle within the ruling Communist party, say analysts. But is Beijing winning the global war of ideas between democracy and authoritarianism, as some observers fear?
Reformers, including …
“It sometimes takes the power of a writer or a poet to remind us that the words we use in the human rights world can lose their meaning and their depth because they are heard so very often,” writes Paula …
Does a new strategic partnership agreement with the US augur well for Afghanistan’s fragile democracy and civil society?
The document pledges US financial support through 2024 and commits Washington to defending Afghan democracy and empowering civil society. But former …