The Arab Spring, which erupted in the Middle East in 2010, was an exciting development in a region long known for its dictators. On Aug. 27, the Department of Art offered Cornell students a rare ...

Mass rally denounces crackdown on dissent, shrinking freedoms and economic hardship as demonstrators demand release of ...

On December 17, a Tunisian street vendor set himself alight and sparked protests that engulfed the Middle East. Six months and six countries later, the Arab Spring has swept from Tunisia to Cairo. And ...

Back in 2010, when I was serving as deputy chief of the CIA’s Near East Division, the Arab Spring engulfed the Middle East, bringing with it levels of popular unrest not seen since the fall of the ...

Two experts discussed political and social conflict in Yemen and historical instability in the country in a Feb. 22 event. Al-Sakkaf said the dire humanitarian crisis has opened the door for new ...

We'll forgive you if you don't associate Levi's jeans with the Middle East uprisings. But, hey, maybe someday you will. Levi's president Robert Hanson tells Reuters today that the company's global "Go ...

Bitcoin is not simply a new monetary tool, a new currency, or an additional asset class. I tell people that Bitcoin is a Monetary Revolution. The Bitcoin eco-system is full of innovations to bring ...

This edifying study focuses on the Libyan, Syrian, and Yemeni communities in the United Kingdom and the United States before and during the 2011 uprisings in their countries of origin. Moss argues ...

I just arrived in Cairo, perhaps the country changed most so far by the “Arab spring” pro-democracy movements sweeping across the Middle East, and it got me thinking about the future of authoritarian ...

Europe’s 1848 revolts were fueled by political, economic, and social pressures. This coverage examines how these historical ...

Upheaval in Yemen and the possibility that al Qaeda might take over, turning that country into a stronger terrorist base than it already is, should give pause to American and European policy in the ...