Turkey’s Delight and Western Dilemmas Turkey is currently undergoing changes in its outlook and character not seen since the days of Ataturk and the founding of the Republic. Under the strong-handed leadership of Recep Tayyip jkabaker 3 Dec 2009
Iran’s Green Forces Vocal Once Again The Green Revolution is still pressing forward.The Green Revolution is accelerating in Iran. This is not a movement of jkabaker 8 Oct 2009
Gay Marriage is About Marriage, Not Rights After a 25-year long insurgency campaign, the Tamil Tigers are jkabaker 26 Feb 2009
The Saga in Gaza Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza City. (Adel Hana/The Associated Press) My last Shabbat in Israel was jkabaker 8 Jan 2009
City of God or City of Man? Rabbi Meir Porush (left) and Nir Barkat (right). (Sebastian Scheiner/The Associated Press) jkabaker 27 Nov 2008
No on 8: Gay Marriage as a Conservative Institution Ron Lewis/The Associated Press Perhaps the greatest tragedy of the gay marriage debate is the deaf shouting past both sides jkabaker 25 Oct 2008
Waves of Change for Malaysia Can Anwar Ibrahim wash away the old order? (Lai Seng Sin/The jkabaker 20 Sep 2008
A Crossroads for Lebanon In stark contrast to Iraq, where violent conflict along religious and political lines is a relatively recent development, sectarianism is woven into the fabric of the Lebanese state. Lebanon’s jkabaker 10 Jun 2008
Can Zimbabwe Get Past Mugabe? Zimbabwe, one of Africa’s most troubled nations, may witness signs of hope with recent opposition victory in parliamentary elections. However the ruling party, the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front jkabaker 21 Apr 2008
No Hanging Chads For France The saying goes that “old habits die hard,” and that seems to be the sentiment after the recent rebel attack on the landlocked African country of Chad. The habit in jkabaker 27 Feb 2008
Georgian Elections a Victory for Democracy While US elections hold center stage, the recent election in the small state of Georgia proved to be a major victory for democracy. The reelection of Mikheil Saakashvili to the jkabaker 17 Jan 2008
A Pyramid of Choices Egypt is the land of pharaohs, both ancient and modern. Its complex and multi-faceted society has always thrived under strong central leadership. Under the rule of Gamal Abdul Nasser, Anwar jkabaker 6 Dec 2007
Pakistan Moving Slowly Towards Democracy Pakistan is a country of many firsts in the Muslim world. It is the first Muslim nation with a nuclear weapon. It is also the first Muslim nation with a jkabaker 25 Oct 2007
Yearning for Democracy: Thailand and Burma This summer I had the rare opportunity to visit Thailand and Burma, both of which have recently made the news for their tumultuous political situations. At first glance the situation jkabaker 14 Oct 2007
Stanford’s Anti-ROTC Policy is Self-Contradictory It has been thirty-eight years since Stanford removed its ROTC program in protest of the Vietnam War, and fourteen years since Congress passed the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” jkabaker 26 Apr 2007
