Category: Blogs

Time For Some American Shock and Awe in Syria

By Sarwar Kashmeri

United States’ intelligence agencies and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are still not certain the Syrian government of President Assad has used chemical weapons against its opposition. Nothing has yet emerged from France, Germany or Britain to unequivocally confirm this charge either. But the clamor among the hawkish segment of Washington lawmakers to get the […]

Pro-Assad Syrian hackers launching cyber-attacks on western media

By   Nick Hopkins and Luke Harding, Guardian

Most Swedes Doubt Sweden can Defend Itself

By Local (Sweden)

From Local (Sweden):  A new Novus opinion poll showed that 83 percent of survey respondents doubted whether Sweden could defend itself. Ten percent said they did not know, leaving a slim sliver of six percent who trusted Sweden’s defence.

Space for Culture, Time for Art

By Elisabeth Jaquette

Despite a backdrop of sporadic clashes, presidential power grabs, and crackdowns on freedom of expression, Egypt’s arts and culture sector has flourished since January 2011. While many artists feel unable to respond effectively to political events in their personal work, and traditional institutions have been faced with varying challenges, the past two years have given […]

A Transatlantic Trade Deal Within Reach, With Significant Benefits At Hand

By Garrett Workman and Tyson Barker

According to a recent Atlantic Council-Bertelsmann Foundation study of trade experts and policymakers from the United States and Europe, there is widespread optimism that that two sides will be able to successfully negotiate a trade and investment deal. A transatlantic deal would have significant positive effects on the economies of both regions, particularly at this […]

John S. Watson Honored for Distinguised Business Leadership

By Rachel Weatherly

John S. Watson is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Chevron Corporation, a position he has held since 2010.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen Honored for Distinguished International Leadership

By Rachel Weatherly

Anders Fogh Rasmussen was born in Ginnerup, Jutland, on January 26, 1953. After passing the baccalaureate at Viborg Katedralskole in 1972, he studied economics at the University of Aarhus, graduating with a Master of Science in economics in 1978. The same year he became member of the Danish Parliament representing the Liberal Party.

Hillary Clinton Honored for Distinguished International Leadership

By Rachel Weatherly

Hillary Rodham Clinton served as the 67th US Secretary of State from January 21, 2009 until February 1, 2013, after nearly four decades in public service as an advocate, attorney, first lady, and senator.

Juanes Honored for Distinguished Humanitarian Leadership

By Rachel Weatherly

With six solo albums to his credit and multi-platinum sales of more than 16 million copies, Juanes is the world’s leading all-Spanish language rock artist. The multiple Grammy and Latin Grammy Award winner is also frequently recognized as one of the Spanish-speaking world’s leading social media voices with an online following of more than 12 […]

Top News: Egypt Pulls Out of Talks to Protest Middle East Nuclear Arms

By Egypt Source

Egypt said on Monday it was withdrawing from a second week of Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) talks in Geneva in protest at what it called the failure to implement a 1995 resolution for a Middle East free of nuclear weapons. That was an implicit reference to Israel which neither confirms nor denies having nuclear arms and […]