After surviving an assassination attempt in Pakistan, 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai pledged to continue working to increase education opportunities for young girls. Discrimination, trafficking, and domestic servitude are just a few of the gender-based barr ...
Over the last decade, drones have become a key tool in the US counterterrorism toolbox. But our technology may have outpaced our policy, with many questioning the program’s lack of transparency, morality, and long term political contributions. Please join ...
Situated at the crossroads of three continents, Turkey is an influential actor at the center of geopolitical dynamics, as well as a critical NATO member and a strategic US ally. Boosted by a vibrant economy and strong leadership, Turkey has been pursuing a ...
At the crossroads of Europe and Asia, Turkey has emerged as a significant regional power and one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. The country remains at the center of geopolitical importance and is a critical player in all of its neighboring regio ...
From afar, Saudi Arabia might appear immune to the turmoil and uncertainty engulfing nations such as Syria, Egypt, and Libya. But rather than being an oasis of stability in the Middle East, Karen Elliott House argues that Riyadh is nearing its own crisis p ...
(View slideshow in new window) Join The Chicago Council, Jon Stewart, and Maziar Bahari for a screening of their new film, Rosewater—based on the true story of journalist Maziar Bahari, who was arrested, tortured, accused of spying, and interrogated for 1 ...
Access to primary and secondary education in Turkey has dramatically increased over the last decade. Yet, only sixteen percent of fifteen year-olds in Turkey have test scores in reading, math, and science that are comparable to or above the OECD average, a ...
The greater Middle East is beset by a crescent of crisis—a region of urgent danger stretching from Pakistan to Afghanistan, through Iran and Iraq, all the way to the Syria/Lebanon question and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The specific problems range f ...
International sanctions, hyperinflation, and a crumbling currency are shaking Iran. Yet sanctions have been so far unsuccessful in forcing Tehran to abandon its nuclear program. In the absence of definitive progress from the latest round of negotiations, p ...
From Karachi to Kashmir, Oscar winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s latest documentary film project follows the stories of ordinary Pakistani citizens struggling to transform their communities. In an exclusive screening, two women—Sabina, a grassroots education ...
