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India’s Growth Crossroads

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The Food Threat to Human Civilization

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Mahmoud Mohieldin

Getting Cities Right

WASHINGTON, DC – The developing world is experiencing rapid urbanization, with the number of city dwellers set to reach four billion in 2030…
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Transatlantic Trade-Offs

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Liah Greenfeld May 17, 2013

Nationalism, Madness, and Terrorism

BOSTON – If we want to understand what drove the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, to terrorism, the answer …
Fiorello Provera May 13, 2013

The Endangered Arab Christian

BRUSSELS – The recent abductions of Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Yohanna Ibrahim and his Greek Orthodox counterpart, Paul Yazigi, reflect not …
Aryeh Neier May 9, 2013

Less of an Ass

PARIS – “If the law supposes that,” says Mr. Bumble in Oliver Twist, “the law is a ass – a idiot.” For decades, Britain’s libel laws had bee…
Joseph E. Stiglitz May 6, 2013

Lives versus Profits

NEW YORK – The United States Supreme Court recently began deliberations in a case that highlights a deeply problematic issue concerning inte…
Naomi Wolf Apr. 30, 2013

A Wiser America

NEW YORK – When America absorbed the bombings at the Boston Marathon, what was striking was what did not happen. Twelve years after the atta…
Ribal al-Assad Apr. 29, 2013

Syria’s Hijacked Struggle

LONDON – As Syria’s civil war has progressed, the West’s views on arming the opposition have become increasingly confused, which reflects th…
Nina L. Khrushcheva Apr. 24, 2013

The Boston Paradox

MOSCOW – Whose fault is it that the Boston Marathon was bombed? Is Russia to blame for 250 years of trying to incorporate the Muslim North C…
Shashi Tharoor Apr. 19, 2013

Bangladesh’s Quest for Justice

NEW DELHI – The sea of humanity besieging the Shahbag area in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, for the last two months, has had an unusual de…
Naomi Wolf Mar. 30, 2013

America’s Zombie Prison

NEW YORK – Why add to something that is not supposed to exist?The something in question is the Unites States’ prison in Guantánamo Bay, for …
Ibrahim Kalin Mar. 25, 2013

After Israel’s Apology

ANKARA – After nearly three years of political tension, diplomatic maneuvering, and back-channel negotiations, Israel has formally apologize…

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