EU-ASEAN Counter-Terrorism Cooperation: Scope of Engagement and Limitations
Abstract This article assesses the cooperation between Western Europe and Southeast Asia in the field of counter-terrorism. Counter-terrorism cooperation has...
IRAN IN SYRIA: CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES, AND CURES
The Syrian popular uprising against Bashar al-Assad’s dictatorship, which began in March 2011, soon acquired a two-fold character: both a...
Female Jihadists of ISIS: Observational, Psychological, and Legal Studies
The participation of women in jihadist organizations has sparked debate in the media and at research centers specializing in terrorism...
Forms of Fakery
A spectre is about to haunt the Near East, the spectre of deepfakery. Deepfakery is the ability to deploy a...
There’s No Place Like Home
A Bulgarian friend of mine told me a story recently that bears very much on many of the misanthropies lately...
The Depolarization Imperative
If you ask a typical American adult to describe what’s wrong with American politics in just one word, a large...
Pathways of Tolerance in Islam and Christianity
Introduction The Al-Mesbar Studies and Research Center in its 150th book, Pathways of Tolerance in Islam and Christianity, published in...
Muslims in Canada and the Challenges of Coexistence
In the book Muslims in Canada and the Challenges of Coexistence, (the 148th book, April 2019) the Al-Mesbar Studies and...
Teaching philosophy officially in Saudi Arabia
With the Ministry of Education's announcement establishing a curriculum for teaching philosophy and critical thinking, a long sojourn of institutional...
Teaching Philosophy
In certain circles, it is still believed that teaching philosophy to madrasa students would corrupt and distort their minds by...
American Sexuality and Its Discontents: A Primer for Middle Easterners
Americans of a certain age and educational level, assuming an interest, can know at least a little about how Middle...
