Donald Trump’s candidacy is American politics reduced to the absurd.

The Democratic presidential primary race is shaping up to be a fascinating contest between the voters’ views of two distinct political personalities.Some find this state of affairs confounding, believing that the election should have been a “slam-dunk” for Hillary Clinton — the f

Bernie Sanders has been unfairly criticised for being a “Johnny One Note” on foreign policy because he continually reminds voters of his early opposition to the Iraq war.To explain why he continues to emphasise the importance of his decision to oppose that war, Sanders has pointe

Israel does not accept criticism.

I have long argued that the way candidates for high office speak about the Middle East should be a critical test of their capacity to lead our nation.Since the end of the Vietnam war, we have spent more money, sold or given more weapons, sent more troops, fought more wars, l

For both Democrats and Republicans, this year’s presidential contest is another “Armageddon election”, the outcome of which will decide critically important domestic and foreign policy concerns.Despite its significance, we are just days away from the “first in the nation” Iowa ca

Last Tuesday, US President Barack Obama delivered the annual State of the Union (SOTU) address to a joint session of Congress. On Thursday, the Republican candidates for their party’s nomination held their sixth televised debate.

At the close of 2015, Zogby Research Services (ZRS) conducted face-to-face polling with 5,374 Muslim youth between the ages of 15 and 34 in eight Arab countries: Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan and Palestine.We had been commissioned by the Tabah Fou

The twin conflicts raging in Iraq and Syria have unleashed an unsettling dynamic that is transforming both the Middle East and the world beyond this deeply troubled region.It is clear that there is no end in sight to either of these conflicts and that the consequences of the cont