Need to confront dangers within Lebanon rather than locating Hariri’s whereabouts
Is the real “substantial” problem in Lebanon today about the form of Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s resignation and where he resigned from? Or is...
Disorder in the House – just as the Founding Fathers wanted it
Under the U.S. Constitution, the House of Representatives was originally designed to be the unruly chamber of Congress, reflecting the people's unfettered passion. The...
Russians have mastered how to wage war in the 21st Century
War seems like a simple affair. You get the biggest army. You invade enemy countries. And then, when you win the war, you make...
Civil society at the heart of G20 efforts to build a better future for...
All over the world, societies are facing an unprecedented crisis. Whether you are in New York, Paris, London, Beijing, New Delhi or Riyadh, the...
Which court will hear Volkswagen class actions?
Here's how fast class actions against Volkswagen are proliferating.
Last Tuesday, when the California firm Morris Polich & Purdy filed the initial motion to consolidate...
Well done, America, you’ve crushed Daesh. Now what?
Of all the cities in the Middle East that have been flattened in the past five years, and the list is long, Raqqa has...
When will the Yemeni war end?
Many have been asking, either for good reasons or due to ill intentions, when the war in Yemen will end, particularly ever since the...
Commander's death pulls Hezbollah deeper into Syria quagmire
When a United Nations tribunal began trying those accused of the 2005 assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister, a prosecutor struggled to paint a...
Why Russia may be a smart business partner for Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir famously lamented that Moses "took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one...
How a N.Y. judge inspired Apple's encryption fight
Last October, prosecutors from the Justice Department asked a federal magistrate judge in Brooklyn to issue an order directing Apple to help the Drug...
