Tunisia’s acting president and labor unions have called for dialog and consensus on contentious issues hindering the democratic transition, as the country braces itself for anticipated violent unrest ata planned Salafist gathering this weekend.
“Everyone must make the necessary concessions” …
The Kremlin’s efforts to undermine the democratic opposition and cultivate anti-American sentiment are the real factors behind the arrest of alleged CIA spy Ryan Fogle, analysts suggest.
“Public humiliations of hapless foreign spies were a staple of the Soviet …
The result of Iran’s upcoming presidential election” is related not just to normal domestic feuds, division of spoils, and concerns about the level of discontent in society, but also to the regime’s international policies,” says a leading analyst.
“No …
“Together, the EU and the US account for around half of global GDP and almost two-thirds of global military spending,” say two leading rights advocates. “A coordinated, transatlantic approach to human rights would mean the world’s rising authoritarian powers could …
State-controlled media reveled in embarrassing the U.S. over an alleged attempt to recruit a Russian intelligence agent, highlighting the summoning of U.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul (right) to the Russian Foreign Ministry to receive a formal protest.
“In the Russian elite …
Egypt’s political opposition is a bunch of “feckless, lazy and disorganized” metropolitan elites who waste time and resources on factional, sectarian politics instead of following the Islamists’ example and building sustainable grassroots networks and constituencies. As for the …
A group offering support to Russians suffering from cystic fibrosis is one of hundreds of civil society groups to have been subject to official warnings and intrusive inspections under the Kremlin’s “foreign agents” law, a leading human rights group …
Countries dependent on revenue from extractive industries are plagued by government mismanagement, lack of transparency and corruption, according to a new report.
A “striking governance deficit” prevents citizens of resource-rich states from enjoying the benefits of energy development and mining, …
After more than two years in hiding, Ali Abdulemam (right), a globally renowned blogger and free-speech advocate, has been freed from the Kingdom of Bahrain, writes Thor Halvorssen, president of the New York-based Human Rights Foundation. Abdulemam is now safely …
The theory of inclusion/moderation posits that the more ideologically fanatical parties are included in the political process, the more realistic, pragmatic and respectful of democratic rules they become. But this has not been the case with Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, writes …