One effective way for western governments to keep their people safe is to press for fundamental reforms in countries where armed extremists thrive, rather than subverting democracy at home.
As COP21 meets, people around the world already realise the devastating impacts of climate change. Instead of acting for 'the future', we need to reimagine a better here and now.
ISIS has emerged from the wounds of the Arab world—for which the west is to a large extent responsible—and current airstrikes are pouring salt into these wounds.
The absence of war does not necessarily imply peace for women. The binary opposites of war and peace obscure the continuum of violence women experience as a result of patriarchal gender structures.
Is civil administration and planning in Egypt being run professionally according to research and analysis, or is it as ‘random’ as the housing it claims to improve?
Arab Awakening's columnists offer their perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East.
How can the international community respond effectively and promptly to this growing threat, not just to the Middle East region, but to the world?
The reworking of urban spaces embodying the collective memory of the January 25 uprising is not a novelty, but part and parcel of the state's attempt to rewrite the history of the revolution.
What are the people in Egypt forcing themselves to believe in order not to deal with the harsh realities of the past four years – let alone the years before?
If impunity is the cost of peace, how can societies recover from violent conflict?
Unlike during the Mubarak era, the current regime lacks a reliable civilian ally to populate the legislative branch of the state.
