This article was originally posted on Syria Deeply.
By Katarina Montgomery
The Rise of Nouri al-Maliki
Over the weekend, Ned Parker, the Baghdad bureau chief for Reuters, fled Iraq after being threatened and denounced by various Shi'ite groups in reaction to a Reuters report detailing lynching and looting in the city of Tikrit. Days after the report surfaced, Parker was named on the Facebook page for "the Hammer" Shi'ite group, calling for him to be expelled from Iraq.
Controversy and Inclusion in Austria
By Sophie des Beauvais
“It is important to say clearly that the Muslim community and Islam are a part of Europe and there is a need for the Muslim communities to have a clear legal status,” says Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz. “Otherwise many Muslims would feel excluded in our societies.”
World Policy Newsletter, Week of April 10th
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World Policy On Air, Ep. 10: The Future of Islam
World Policy On Air is a new podcast from the pages and website of World Policy Journal.
Cuba’s Value at the Summit of the Americas
This blog is the second in several leading up to the World Policy Institute Board trip to Cuba in May. The trip seeks to re-open a once highly effective dialogue with Cuban leaders. WPI plans to examine the achievements of 55 years of revolutionary society and explore ways to highlight what the U.S.
Conventional Wisdom and the Next Unknown
In the latest issue of World Policy Journal, Jack Devine, a former leader of the CIA’s clandestine service, and Amanda Mattingly, a current colleague of his at the Arkin Group, discuss the unknowns that the international community must confront in the coming years.
