Nick Blackmore
Nick Blackmore is a UK Based Editor for Safety At Sea International. Blackmore is the editor of Safety at Sea International (SASI) which for 40 years has been the world's only mag…
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Jim Wilson
Jim Wilson is IHS Fairplay's Asia Pacific Editor who is based in Singapore. Wilson is an award winning journalist and photojournalist. He manages the Asia Pacific region editorial…
Germany debates the political participation of Muslims
The virulent debate on the appointment of the first Muslim minister in Germany last week – first applauded as a sign for integration and a coup to win Muslim voters, then fierce…
Times Square bomb suspect in custody
NEW YORK, USA: Police have arrested a US citizen of Pakistani origins in connection with the failed car bomb attack in New York's Times Square.
Gilles Kepel
Dr Gilles Kepel is Professor and Chair, Middle East and Mediterranean Studies, at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), where he heads the programs on the Arab…
Kongdan Oh
Dr. Kongdan (Katy) Oh is a Research Staff Member at the Institute for Defense Analysis and a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution. She conducts research on Nort…
Paul Dixon
Dr. Paul Dixon is a Reader in Politics and International Studies at Kingston University, UK. He is an expert on the conflict in Northern Ireland, as well as the challenges of huma…
J. Peter Pham
Dr. J. Peter Pham is the Director of the Michael S. Ansari Africa Center at the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC. Dr. Pham was previously Senior Vice President of the National C…
Robert Thurman
Robert A. F. “Tenzin†Thurman is the Jey Tsong Khapa professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies in the Department of Religion at Columbia University, President of Tibet House…
Burying their heads in the sand at the United Nations
The month of May will include a host of activities concerned with the nuclear issue and with weapons of mass destruction, on the sidelines of the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review C…
Tightening censorship in the UAE
Despite efforts to liberalize its economy, invite foreign investment, and develop cosmopolitan 'global cities', the UAE has repeatedly failed to distance itself from the murkiest…
The Western model is a failure in Iraq and Afghanistan
The U.S and Europe tend to see drafting a constitution as a way toward a negotiated peace, especially in post-conflict situations. In theory, this may seem appealing. But it can a…