by Nelson Graves | 22 Nov 2016 | Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Islam, Middle East, Syria, Terrorism, United States
By Nelson Graves Let’s take time out from digesting Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election to look at a critical issue that is helping to shape politics in that country and around the world: terrorism. Terrorism sends shock waves around...
by Nelson Graves | 4 Oct 2016 | Islam, Middle East, Syria, Terrorism
By Nelson Graves The Islamic State movement will probably be destroyed militarily in the next year, but the roots of the radical group will survive unless Arab regimes promote social justice and economic growth. That was one of the key messages that Rami Khouri, an...
by Ivy Turinsky | 27 Apr 2016 | Europe, Islam, Politics, School Year Abroad, Student Posts, Terrorism, United States
The terror attacks on Paris have prompted the media and nationalist movements to promote fear. To succumb to fear is to play into the hands of the terrorists. “Paix pour Paris,” by Ivy Turinsky, November 20, 2015 This story won first prize in the high school category...
by Feizal Samath | 3 Dec 2015 | Asia, Europe, Syria, Terrorism
To see the future of national life after terror attacks, France or other countries blown by its ruthless wind could learn from Sri Lanka’s hard lessons. Sri Lankan soldiers after an explosion by a Tamil suicide bomber, Colombo, 2 January 2009.(AP Photo/Eranga...
by Pauline Bock | 27 Nov 2015 | Europe, Middle East, Syria
By Pauline Bock Fresh flowers, candles and messages of love mark the sites of the Paris attacks where shaken survivors and mourners pay their respects at makeshift shrines and wonder what the future will bring. “I think about it constantly,” said...