For two years, the United States’ foreign policy approach toward Syria has been to do nothing. In an effort to appear helpful, President Barack Obama sent his new Secretary of...
On the one hand, there is the European Union, a band of democratic nations with standards on human rights practices, democracy and market economies. On the other, there is the...
When it comes to civil liberties, Turkey is the poster child of hypocrisy. For an example — and they abound — one could look to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
Asking government to involve itself with the individual freedom of religion is the touchy spot Indonesia has found itself in. The struggle seems to be somewhere between combating religious extremists...
When talking about democracy in the Middle East, Turkey is typically held up as the shining example of how it can be done. On the surface, Turkey is that model....