Yassar Dahbour is a Palestinian political activist who was born in a refugee camp in Syria after his family was expelled from Palestine in 1948. Now living in Sacramento, California, he is a founder and board member of the Sacramento ...
The Tennessee ‘Drag Ban’, signed into law by Governor Bill Lee on Mar. 2, 2023, has sparked controversy over its potential violation of First Amendment rights and the rights of LGBTQ+ individuals. In recent years, drag shows have become a ...
The Arab Spring, a series of anti-government uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa in the early 2010s, aimed to address long-standing grievances against the region’s most entrenched authoritarian regimes. While the string of revolutions resulted in modest political, ...
Nusantara, meaning “archipelago” in Javanese, is what Indonesia announced its new capital will be called — a fitting name, as Indonesia is one of the largest archipelagos in the Indo-Pacific region. As a result, Indonesia not only faces ethnic, religious ...
With important domestic and foreign policies in Turkey’s horizon, the May 14 elections are of critical importance to Turkey, Europe, the Middle East and global policy at large. Fethi Can Yaşar is the representative of the U.S. youth branch of ...
When I was two, my dad took me to an Iraq war protest in Dallas. Proudly dressed in a white kufi with his long beard, a “war kills children” sign hanging from his neck and me sitting on his shoulders, ...
As the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) becomes more economically prosperous and prominent on the world stage, questions surrounding its superpower alignment have started to surface more frequently in an increasingly tense and bipolar international order. However, neutrality and ...
From Somalia to Sudan, the United States’ approach to African foreign policy has been largely unsuccessful, often further destabilizing the region. This is particularly true in West Africa, where states such as Guinea-Bissau have fallen victim to U.S. diplomacy. Nestled ...
Dites non à la retraite à 64 ans. “Say no to retirement at 64.” This is the message that millions of people have been telling the French government over the past three months. It all began after Parliament announced a ...
Soft, fluffy, cuddly, cute, rare and bear-like. When people think of giant pandas from China, these are often the adjectives that come to mind. As symbols of friendship and peace, the lovable pandas are ambassadors that connect China with people ...