Articles tagged with: United States
The Ottawa Citizen
Americans viewed the attack of 9/11 as an act of war, and no fair-minded person should blame them for doing so. And because there has never been a war in which even the …
By Scott Horton
“When the history of this distinguished court is written, today’s majority decision will be viewed with dismay,” writes Guido Calabresi, the former Yale Law dean and a man widely viewed as the most …
Court Refuses to Hold U.S. Officials Accountable for Complicity in Torture Abroad
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November 2, 2009, New York – Today, a federal Court of Appeals dismissed Canadian citizen Maher Arar’s case against U.S. officials for …
By Tom Burghardt
That social networking sites and applications such as Facebook, Twitter and their competitors can facilitate communication and information sharing amongst diverse groups and individuals is by now a cliché.
It should come as no …
Author Mark Danner has just published a book you might like to read if you are interested in national security, human rights, or American politics and foreign policy. It contains 20 years of his reporting …
Muslim nations could learn a lot from the U.S.
By Merve Kavakci
Washington – This summer Muslims were murdered in Holland, Germany, and Belgium – four victims of hate crimes.
These murders are just the latest examples of …
By Sheeva J. Ghassemi
The National Law Journal
Due to the ever-increasing number of practicing Muslims in the United States, employers have been forced to confront Islam and the challenges it presents in the workplace. Muslim employees …
By Richard Amesbury
Charles Taylor has argued that those of us living in North America and Europe are witnessing a shift in our social imaginary from a “Durkheimian” self-understanding, according to which political …
By Fawaz A. Gerges
ISPU Fellow
Since his inauguration, President Obama has reiterated his commitment to engaging Muslim societies and altering Muslims’ negative perceptions of the United States. Time and again, the new president has stressed that …
By Jennifer Green, The Ottawa Citizen
Canada and the United States haven’t shown as much savvy as Britain, Israel or Singapore in dealing with terrorism, says an Ottawa-based intelligence expert.
Instead, they rely on measures like …
By Nader Hashemi
On June 4, 2009, President Obama will travel to Egypt to deliver his long-awaited speech on relations between the United States and the Muslim world. From the outset the venue has been …
By Haroon Siddiqui
There was the American overreach under George W. Bush. Now there’s Barack Obama’s outreach to the Muslim world.
On Wednesday, he will be in Saudi Arabia to meet King Abdullah. On Thursday, he …
By John Mueller
Publisher: Foreign Affairs
The Taliban and Al Qaeda may not pose enough of a threat to the United States to make a …
By Greg Bruno
Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations
The author discusses that the challenges that could be created by US troop withdrawals from Iraq.
As the United States turns its military focus to Afghanistan, …
