The business community hasn’t begun to see Roma as consumers because it’s too busy worrying about how an association with them would adversely affect its image.
East Central Europe Slow to View Roma as Consumers
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Focal Points Blog
Ebola: A Symptom of Economic Inequality
While the Ebola virus is spreading globally, its impact will mostly felt in the world’s poorer regions, especially Africa and the Asian subcontinent.
Branding Turkey’s Dealings With the Islamic State With the “A” Word
Turkey’s head-in-the-sand policy towards the Islamic State leaves it open to charges of appeasement.
In What World Are the Kurds as Dangerous as the Islamic State?
In Turkish President Erdogan’s apparently: He claims to fear an independent Kurdish state as much as the Islamic State.
Islamic State Offers Beheading as a Perk to Recruits
The Islamic State may use beheading as a tool to recruit fighters.
All (Muslim) Apologies
Tips on how to proceed as a media-savvy Muslim during Eid celebrations.
Conflict Resolution and German Reunification
East and West Germany were like a couple that had rushed into marriage with very little understanding of what it would be like to live together.
Nuking an Asteroid May Sound Like a Good Idea, But…
Preventing an asteroid from striking the earth by targeting it with a nuclear warhead is not only illegal, it provides another justification for the existence of nuclear weapons.
Iraq Awash in Carnage Long Before the U.S. Invasion
From the Assyrian Empire to the Mongols to the present, Iraq has been the perpetrator and victim of epic levels of violence.
For Airstrikes on the Islamic State, U.S. Relaxing Drone Strikes’ Burden of Proof
The standards the U.S. purportedly used to prevent civilian deaths from drone strikes have been relaxed for airstrikes in Syria and Iraq.