In October 2015 the U.S.-Afghan conflict entered its fifteenth year, the longest-running war in U.S. history, but with little progress to show for it in terms o...
In early spring of 1979, after the exile of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi and amidst the rule of the Provisional Government, Iranians from a diverse set of backgro...
The complexity of Afghanistan’s carpets extends well beyond their appearance. Afghan tribes have been weaving in Central Asia for thousands of years, using thei...
Introduction While cultural interactions between the US and Cuba have taken place even during tense political times, they will inevitably increase in the ...
Power-sharing theory holds that democracy is possible in deeply divided societies but only if their type of democracy is consociational, that is, characterized ...
The American media has long been tasked with the daunting duty of reckoning with evil and presenting it to a relatively naive public. Genocide—“the darkes...
“We are poor not because of a lack of aid; we are poor because aid does not reach the targeted populations.” – Timbuktu secondary school teacher[1] In 201...
Irish drag artist Panti Bliss once joked that May 23, 2015 “has the potential to be so gay that the Earth’s orbit is affected,” since the Eurovision Song Contes...
Introduction According to the UN Secretary-General’s 2014 report, “Conflict Related Sexual Violence,” Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) is closely related...
Introduction To what extent did the Piplantri reforestation succeed in its goal to promote gender equality and empower women and girls in the village? This init...
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