The Fall of an Autocrat: Dawn of a New Era in Bangladesh?
The dynamics of the student-led national protests in Bangladesh have opened the doors to what it means to be a Bengali today.
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Can Diasporas Ease Tensions in International Politics?
Conflicts around the world are on the rise and immigration waves continue unabated. Diasporas can play roles in global politics.…
Jewish Americans Wanted Anything But Donald Trump
Trump moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, legitimizing Israeli settlements, and brokering normalization agreements between Israel and the UAE and…
Muslim American Votes Were More Anti-Trump than Pro-Biden
The future of Muslims in America is dependent on whether they are willing to set aside the convention and be…
Homeless Migrants Are Harassed, Chased, and Cleared Out by the French Police
A French activist screamed to police officers that violently cleared out a temporary camp in central Paris, “They are human…
Trump Lost But Trumpism Thrives
While Democrats might take comfort and be tempted to view the horrid Trump administration as an aberration, Trumpism is far…
Why Irish and Palestinian Hunger Strikers Choose Self-Sacrifice
Naked power rather than elemental morality is allowed to dominate the discourse. In the background is the bankruptcy of liberal…
Greek Refugee Camps Lack the Minimum Standards for Human Life
According to the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor, Greek refugee camps lack the minimum standards for human life and refugees and…
How Free Is Freedom of Expression? Zoom Cracks Down on Public Debate on Palestine
The Zoom cancellation of pro-Palestinian events is part of a larger campaign to crack down on free speech on Palestine…
The Vaccine Nationalism Craze Is on the Rise Globally
Vaccine nationalism is a threat to global health – it is, for all intents and purposes, an Orwellian global nightmare…
Making Sense of Hunger Strikes and Symbolic Politics
An unacknowledged, yet vital, truth of recent history is that symbolic politics have often eventually controlled the outcomes of prolonged…
Is Russian Cultural Hegemony in Central Asia Finally Over?
Days of the undisputed Russian cultural hegemony in Central Asia are over and now it is time to focus on…
A Turkish-Italian Alliance on Libya?
Italy should look into a compromise with Turkey, which deployed enormous resources in Libya. However, this compromise may need brave…
Israeli Occupation and the Palestinian Identity: An Interview with Sami Al-Arian
Palestinians have nothing to lose because living under occupation, oppression, tyranny, and losing their dignity is not a life. As…
Mercenaries Reborn: How Private Armies Violate Human Rights
Private Military Companies (PMCs) are independent corporations that offer military services to national governments, international organizations, and sub-state actors. However,…
Revisiting the East Mediterranean Energy Game: What Will Change in the Coronavirus Days?
Geopolitical rivalry, not economic rationality, has become the main determinant of the limits of Eastern Mediterranean energy cooperation.
How the Politics of Antiracism Impact Art, Culture, and Literature
Policy is not always a matter of government or legislation, but anti-racist policy will come from cultural change, from protest,…
Systemic Racism in the U.S. killed George Floyd, not Trump
Floyd is dead because American history is full of racial inequalities against African Americans from the very first day of…
Slavery and Colonialism Go Deeper than Toppling Statues
The danger is to mistake tokenistic gestures of racial and ethnic equality by the symbolic overthrow of bronze statues of…
