Op-Eds
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U.S. Leadership Needed on Syrian Refugee Crisis [Wilson Center]
Sixty percent of Syria’s population are either refugees or internally displaced. Of those thirteen million Syrians, nearly six million are refugees who fled to neighboring Middle Eastern nations—five times more than the one million in Europe and the U.S. Unable to return home and with minimal, if any, … U.S. Leadership Needed on Syrian Refugee Crisis [Wilson Center]
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Trump’s Immigrant Ban Part of a Long, Sad Tradition [Fox News]
For all of his anti-establishment rhetoric, President Trump’s stance toward immigrants and Muslims is more of the same. Orientalism and Manifest Destiny have long animated American foreign policy and domestic treatment of its racial and religious minorities. Trump’s executive orders on Friday, effectively barring immigrants … Trump’s Immigrant Ban Part of a Long, Sad Tradition…
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Protest is Egypt’s Last Resort [New York Times]
Nearly three years after the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, Egypt is at a critical crossroads: Will it move toward democratization or regress into authoritarianism? With a vote on a new constitution slated for the next couple of months, and promises of parliamentary and presidential … Protest is Egypt’s Last Resort [New York Times]
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Egypt and Other Arab Democracies Will Not Survive Without Including More Women [Christian Science Monitor]
The Arab revolutions, and their aftermath, are a testament to the human spirit. In a matter of months, decades of corruption and injustice were confronted by the raw strength of women and men unified against a common dictator. Facing death, torture, and sexual assault at … Egypt and Other Arab Democracies Will Not Survive Without…