US must develop grand strategy in light of Middle East regime changes
Patricia DeGennaro : "One Arab government after the other is falling - Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya. Following their lead are Algeria, Yemen, Bahrain and perhaps even Iraq. The kings from Jordan and Saudi...
"Genuine revolution" in the Middle East has reached several points of no return
Professor Ilan Pappe : "The Middle East is producing good and hopeful news for the first time in many years. For quite a while, the only potential progress in the region has been a...
The Middle East protest movements: each with a story, all with uncertainty
Dr. Jonathan Schanzer : "Across the Middle East, protest movements are taking hold. While each draws inspiration from the examples of Egypt and Tunisia, each country has a story of its...
Farzana Hassan : "Much of the Arab world is in turmoil. The Shia majority in the tiny island kingdom of Bahrain has suffered years of oppression by the ruling Sunni minority and is now demanding freedom. The...
Ecuador's constitutional reforms highlight both challenges and possibilities
Lindsay Green-Barber : "Ecuador's President Correa will today sign an executive decree ordering a consulta popular (referendum) to be held within 67 days. While the justices of Ecuador's Corte Constitucional have, with a majority of opinions, deemed President...
Obama administration seeks delay of 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' review
The Obama administration on Friday asked the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to delay its review of an order striking down the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy (DADT) [10 USC §...
Law professors ask Congress to subject Supreme Court justices to ethics rules
A group of law professors asked Congress Wednesday to extend the Code of Conduct for United States Judges to apply to the Supreme Court . In a letter to the House and Senate Judiciary...
Ukraine prosecutors combine criminal cases against former PM Tymoshenko
The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) has combined two separate criminal cases and concluded the pre-trial investigation of opposition leader and former primer minister Yulia Tymoshenko ....
UK judge warns proposed bill of rights could further conflict between UK, ECHR
Former UK Lord Chief Justice Lord Woolf warned Monday that a British Bill of Rights, as proposed by various members of the British government, would conflict with the European Convention on Human Rights , which the...
Shafiq Jamoos : "The outbreak of the peaceful revolution of the Egyptian people was shocking - in every sense of the word - to many around the world. No one expected that Egypt, the "stable" country of the "wild"...
