Much is being said and written about the impact of the government closure and debt crisis on everything from workers’ salaries, to the availability of statistics that are critical for the management of businesses and farms, to the slowing of economic growth, to the weakening of America’s overall financial position at home and abroad. There…
Read MoreAs international inspectors make unexpected progress in securing Syria’s chemical weapon facilities, its chief arms supplier continues to prop up its conventional forces, according to two senior lawmakers.
Read Moreby Anna Borshchevskaya The Foreign Policy Initiative held its annual forum today. It’s title, “Will America Lead?” is an important one. American leadership in the world is critical now more than ever–for if America, with its core values of freedom and democracy does not lead, who will fill the vacuum? Below are some comments from…
Read MorePosition Title: Program Manager The Program Manager (PM) is responsible for the overall coordination and management of a program to reduce sources of communal tension and violence in Iraq. The PM will work with AIC’s existing field office in Basrah, but will be solely responsible for: meeting the program’s objectives; managing program deliverables; maintaining good…
Read MoreBEIRUT—Syrian President Bashar al-Assad threw cold water on hopes for meaningful peace talks next month by dismissing any possibility that he would step down early or decide not to run again next year—a key demand for most rebels and opposition groups who have been battling his regime for more than two years.
Read MoreThe Foreign Policy Initiative’s annual forum is today in Washington, D.C. “The full lineup and link to RSVP is here and below. Forum is free, on-the-record and open to the public. To follow the Forum, folks should use #FPIForum. We are also taking questions via Twitter,” says FPI in an email.
Read More$10,000 in prizes for young American and Middle Eastern writers Winners from previous years featured in critically acclaimed book: Arab Spring Dreams WASHINGTON, October 22, 2013 – The American Islamic Congress (AIC) announces its eighth annual The contest, which annually awards $10,000 in prizes, is open to young thinkers and writers from the Middle East…
Read MoreThe number of Syrian refugees in Turkeyhas exceeded 600,000 and more than 400,000 of them are living outside refugee camps, the Turkish disaster management agency said on Monday.
Read Moreby Anna Borshchevskaya This week marks not one but two dictators mentioned in the context of the Nobel peace prize. Syria’s Bashar al-Assad jokingly mentioned, as reported by the Lebanese Al-Akhbar, that he deserved a Nobel Peace Prize after it was awarded on October 11 to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)…
Read MoreBEIRUT — A senior Syrian intelligence chief has been killed by rebel forces in the eastern province of Deir al-Zour, the opposition and Syrian state media said Thursday, as the rebels claimed new gains in the region.
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