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The Best-Case Scenario for Trump's Foreign Policy
A second Trump administration would fundamentally alter America’s relationship with the rest of the world. That might not be such a bad thing.
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A Memoir of Enslavement Reveals the Meaning of Freedom
A 1789 book sparked abolitionist sentiment by describing the brutality of the slave trade. But today the story tells us so much more than that.
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Where is Biden's Foreign Policy Taking Us?
The administration may be staffed with the best and the brightest, but I fear they are beholden to outdated assumptions and misreading the politics at…
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The Islamic History of Coffee
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The Iraq War Was Worse Than You Thought
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The Real Reasons Canada’s Relationship with India is Broken
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The Incompleteness of Everything
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On Coffee, Islam, and History
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Liberals Need A Clearer Foreign Policy
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The Real 'Clash of Civilizations' Will Happen at Home
Samuel Huntington envisioned enduring hostility between Islam and the West. But that thesis hasn’t come to pass — and it overlooks the identity crisis…
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What Christmas Means to Me as a Muslim
Even if you are not Christian, the holiday is a reminder that we can and must go on, especially in times of darkness.
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When Henry Kissinger Came to Yale
In 2015, Kissinger visited Yale. I thought it was a good time to ask him about genocide.
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Thomas Paine Was America's Greatest Founding Father
It's time to give him a proper memorial.
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The Real Reasons Canada’s Relationship with India is Broken
Published in The Globe and Mail, September 22, 2023. Omer Aziz is a former foreign policy adviser in the government of Justin Trudeau and the author of…
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Liberals Need A Clearer Foreign Policy
Biden and his Republican challengers have very different views of America’s role in the world. But the president’s stance may be harder to explain to…
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Imran Khan: "We Need To Have Peaceful Protests All Over the Country."
Pakistan's former prime minister has been jailed. Here's what he told me earlier this summer.
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