Itai Farhi of Students for Palestinian Equal Rights makes a powerful case for divesting Stanford’s endowment from companies contributing to the occupation of the Palestinian Territories.
The detention of Fadi Quran, Stanford ’10, during a peaceful protest in the West Bank last week should serve as a reminder that Palestinians do not enjoy the same civil rights as Israelis and can be detained without charge indefinitely. Fadi’s detention is unjust – the detention of nearly five thousand Palestinians without ever seeing a civilian court is equally abhorrent.
Khartoum University remains closed almost one month after anti-regime protests triggered a police crackdown that left dozens injured, with two students still detained after nearly four weeks in custody. In protest of last month’s crackdown and a subsequent university resolution authorizing police to enter the campus, the students have called for the university to remain [...]
In general, bonds underperform when gold outperforms due to inflation. Years like 2011, when benchmark 10-year Treasuries and gold return approximately the same amount, are fairly uncommon. So what happened this year?…
Current Russia PM Vladimir Putin’s United Russia Party saw its support dwindle in parliamentary elections earlier this month. But Putin still has powerful odds of winning Russia’s presidential elections in March 2012…
In the past, I often have drawn comparisons between 1932 and 2011, because in my opinion, the two years are eerily similar. Three years prior to both 1932 and 2011, the U.S. real estate market collapsed, the stock market crashed, and…
Editor-in-chief Shadi Bushra argues that the Eurozone needs to follow proposed emergency economic measures with long-term political unification if the common monetary union is to remain competitive, or even survive.
Obama’s comments to President Medvedev of Russia that he would have more “flexibility” in negotiating on a missile shield after the 2012 elections has turned into a minor embarrassment for the White House. Here’s why it’s nothing out of the ordinary.
Over the past months, the Arab League has incrementally stepped up pressure on Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, culminating in the imposition of diplomatic and economic sanctions. Since then, the League has been showered with admiration from Western governments, media outlets, and political analysts for stepping up to protect Syrian civilians and their democratic aspirations. However, it may be more accurate to comment the League for its shrewd political calculations of how the crisis could best serve its interests.
Officials in the UN’s Organization for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) have been sending out famine warnings since last year. But governments often believe relief agencies are over-playing the risk of an emergency for their own reasons – until it happens. The global humanitarian system is based on responding to, not preventing crises. It is as much a money argument as a moral one: The UN estimates that every $1 spent in prevention saves $7 in emergency spending
