Opinion

February 28, 2013
Arab Women’s Unfinished Revolution

FEZ – Though women across the Middle East participated actively in the Arab Spring protests that began in late 2010,…
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February 28, 2013
Mali and the Islamic Reformation

PARIS – Mali is a landlocked West African country of 15 million people, covering 1,240,000 square kilometers (478,800 square miles),…
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February 28, 2013
American Conservatism’s Crisis of Ideas

BERKELEY – On the back left corner of my desk right now are three recent books: Arthur Brooks’ The Battle,…
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February 28, 2013
Expanding contraceptive options for Liberia’s women

I recently met a young woman named Mercy who had five children and was struggling to make ends meet. She…
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February 27, 2013
America’s Sequestered Recovery

BERKELEY – The United States is confronting another round of cuts in federal government spending, this time threatening to trim…
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February 27, 2013
Getting Cities Right

WASHINGTON, DC – The developing world is experiencing rapid urbanization, with the number of city dwellers set to reach four…
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February 24, 2013
Caveat Sender!

NEW YORK – How many e-mails do you have in your inbox? In general, each one represents a task –…
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February 22, 2013
The Road to Asian Unity

NEW DELHI – Asia’s lack of institutions to ameliorate regional tensions is often lamented. But greater Asian unity may be…
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February 22, 2013
The Food Threat to Human Civilization

PALO ALTO – Humanity faces a growing complex of serious, highly interconnected environmental problems, including much-discussed challenges like climate change,…
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February 21, 2013
The Defense Dividend

BRUSSELS – On a hillside overlooking the Turkish city of Gaziantep, Patriot missile launchers are keeping watch under NATO command…
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