I write this blog post as I sit in a Starbucks Cafe, three blocks from my faculty office. The small space is jam-packed with...
Tags: Austin, Benghazi, bomb, bomb threat, Egypt, Embassy, Libya, Middle East, Muslim, Muslim protests, University of Texas
The death of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi is the death of a Middle East generation that dominated the decades after the...
Tags: Aid, Arab Spring, Assad, death, Egypt, Gadhafi, Hussein, institutions, Iran, Iraq, Khomeini, Libya, Middle East, Nasser, Nation-Building, Quadaffi, Quaddafi, rebirth, reform, Syria, United States, US foreign policy, wisdom
The Middle East has entered a period of rapid change. Two long-standing dictatorships, in Egypt and Tunisia, have collapsed...
Tags: Bahrain, communication, Egypt, EU, Europe, Europea, foreign policy, free press, information, Internet, Iraq, Israel, Libya, Middle East, openness, Saudi Arabia, social media, Syria, Tunisia, United States, Yemen
We have entered one of those moments when citizens around the world become aware of their global connections. People in numerous...
Tags: baby boomers, Cairo, China, Egypt, governor, Iran, leader, Libya, Madison, protests, taxes, Tuniaia, Tunisia, union, United States, Walker
The resignation of Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak marks a major turning point in the Middle East. His thirty-year rule provided...
Tags: Aid, Change, civil society, democracy, Egypt, elections, European Union, Iran, Jordan, Middle East, Mubarak, Pakistan, participation, press, protests, Saudi Arabia, social media, Syria, United States, Yemen
The protests that have shaken the Egyptian government in recent days raise some of the most enduring questions for observers....
Tags: Cairo, democracy, Egypt, expectations, fears, foreign policy, government change, Iran, Lebanon, Middle East, Mubarak, protest, repression, Tunisia
