Obama's Arrival HasProvoked Concern in Israel

The critical issue being overlooked, however, is whether the Gulf clock will tick patiently throughout this process.

This appears to be American aid, but the underlying motivation is anything but altruistic.

Bell argued that [the rise of far right factions] should be understood less as a straightforward product of economic conflict than as a response to social dislocation and anxiety over status.

[T]he relationship between Mexico and the United States is going through moments that are, yes, both tense and complicated, but above all, quite strange.