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November 16, 2022

Religion
Academic Webinar: Religious Literacy in International Affairs

Susan Hayward, associate director of the Religious Literacy and the Professions Initiative at Harvard Divinity School, leads the conversation on religious literacy in international affairs.   F…

Play Meeting of religious leaders.
Webinar by Susan O. Hayward and Irina A. Faskianos

October 10, 2014

Yemen
Weekend Reading: Houthi Rebels, Orthodox Intelligence, and Combative Kurdish Women

Abdul-Ghani Al-Iryani finds that Yemen is becoming polarized between the Shia Houthi rebels and the Sunni Islah Islamist party. J. J. Goldberg looks at the rising influence of the right in Israel’s …

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Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

March 18, 2014

Turkey
Turkish Leader Still Standing

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has weathered public protests, a corruption scandal, and mounting political pressure in the past year, and is likely to tighten his grip on power, says CFR’s Steve…

Interview by Steven A. Cook and Bernard Gwertzman

August 4, 2013

Middle East and North Africa
Voices From Syria

"Ramadan used to be a time for me to read the Quran, pray and help people with charity but now we are fighting just to get bread, food and enough money to live ourselves," –Abu Marwan, a 50-year-old …

Free Syrian Army fighters smoke waterpipes near the Menagh military airport, in Aleppo's countryside January 25, 2013 (Hassano/Courtesy Reuters)..
Blog Post by Robert Danin Middle East Matters

December 20, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Racism Obstructs Extremism in Mali

In Nigeria, it is often said that the Arab racism inoculates the Sahel against al-Qaeda. Now, there is a credible report of black African defections from al-Qaeda linked groups in northern Mali. Hich…

Militiaman from the Ansar Dine Islamic detain men in northeastern Mali 18/06/2012.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition