by RAMI KHOURI for CAIRO REVIEW on MARCH 20, 2013: As President Barack Obama of the United States starts his official visit to the Middle East this week, he might profitably recognize how this region has changed in recent years, and is defined today by complex and volatile issues that are also interlinked. So a [...]
by I-WEI JENNIFER CHANG for MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE on FEBRUARY 18, 2013: The Arab Spring in 2011 posed a number of foreign policy challenges to the Chinese government. First, the Arab uprisings created an unprecedented level of regional uncertainty and instability that took Chinese policymakers by surprise: the initial uprisings and discontent with autocratic regimes in Tunisia [...]
by JULIE POUCHER HARBIN, EDITOR, ISLAMiCommentary, with MUSA ALIMGLU, on MARCH 14, 2013: * updated on March 19, with comments from Uyghur farmer *updated MARCH 17 with comments on Informed Comment,where this piece has since been mirrored. This week I asked a China and Xinjiang expert — someone who is familiar with China’s ethnic politics [...]
by BILL KING for THE STRUGGLE FOR THE WORLD (BLOG) on MARCH 12, 2013: (Editor’s Note: This commentary piece was written as a direct response to Duke Public Policy and Political Science Professor Peter Feaver’s blog post in Foreign Policy “Why Should American Grand Strategy Care About the Uighurs” about Rebiya Kadeer’s visit to Duke last [...]
Haiyun Ma: Violence in Xinjiang— Human Rights Violation or Terrorism?
by JULIE POUCHER HARBIN, EDITOR, ISLAMiCommentary on April 29, 2013: China last week warned of a terrorist threat facing the nation following deadly clashes on April 23 in Xinjiang (the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region) that left 21 dead — the worst episode of violence in four years. The dead included 16 Uyghurs, three Han Chinese, and [...]
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