Ingrid Pederson This article originally appeared in the Central Eurasia Standard on June 24, 2013. In March of 2011, democracy was progressing in Kyrgyzstan. Less than a...
Jill Zabel Throughout the world, authoritarian regimes imprison, torture, exile, and kill opponents that could challenge their leadership. Where holding office is the reward for...
Sophie Jacobs Lebanon’s banking sector is constantly walking a fine line when it comes to financial transactions with Hezbollah. On the one hand, banking officials...
Ingrid Pederson This article originally appeared in the Central Eurasia Standard on April 19, 2013. The Boston Bomber suspects may be Chechen and lived at...
Qursum Qasim Women in conflict-affected areas do not have the luxury of debating the relative happiness and fulfillment quotients of homemakers or breadwinners – self-preservation...
Sophie Jacobs In what many be seen as a positive step for women’s rights in Saudi Arabia, religious police (the Committee for the Promotion of...