by Basma Azizi AIC’s new The Leader competition for a social entrepreneurship is already bearing fruit, showing how Tunisia’s youth can drive positive change. Our judges selected sixteen projects from almost 14 Tunis governorates to enter the contest and lead social ventures in their respective communities. The first project Our Elders are a Blessing, began in the…
Read MoreThis morning, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will meet with White House nominees to three State Department positions that deal with U.S. policy on weapons of mass destruction, arms control, and nonproliferation. These nominees are: Rose Gottemoeller, as next Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security; Frank A. Rose, as the next Assistant Secretary…
Read MoreFred Hiatt, Washington Post Editorial Page Editor, delivered a keynote address at the conference “Civil Society Under Assault” on September 12 in Washington, DC. The conference was co-hosted by Freedom House and Human Rights First. Below is an excerpt, focusing on the Arab Spring and diminished US global leadership: …[T]he Arab Spring did not live up to hopes.…
Read MoreAnna Borshchevskaya On September 7, al-Qaeda-affiliated rebel group al-Nusra seized control of the historic Christian town of Maaloula in Syria. “We cleansed Maaloula from all the Assad dogs and all his thugs,” proudly declared a rebel commander in a posted online video. The group, however, withdrew this week, only days after seizing control. I visited…
Read MoreAnna Borshchevskaya As Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meet in Geneva to discuss the Syrian crisis, President Obama hopes the talk yield a “concrete result.” Such an outcome is highly unlikely. It is difficult to imagine that Russian President Putin—his strongest supporter– sincerely aims at disarming Assad. Putin’s proposal…
Read MoreBy Nasser Weddady Ms K is a young Syrian from the Idlib province in Northern Syria I met in Turkey this summer. She is part of a local group of 29 women who are trying to set up a local coordination unit in her area to address the needs of orphaned children. Local and international…
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