Middle East

From the rise of Islamic insurgency groups and the promise of democracy, to the myths and realities of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East and Asia, author and scholar Hassan Abbas gives an insider view as a former senior security officer in the Pakistan government. He is a frequent media commentator on terrorism and radical Islam in Pakistan, Afghanistan and other nations in south and central Asia.

Robin Wright

Veteran journalist Robin Wright is an expert on the most volatile region - The Middle East. So now she asks: with Obama in the White House, how will the new administration regard foreign policy? What are the changing strategies and where do we stand on issues ranging from Iraq to Afghanistan, Russia to China, Energy to Terrorism? Wright provides insight into the world from the side hardly seen.

Arsalan Iftikhar

"Islamophobia has become the accepted form of racism in America. You can always take a potshot at Muslims or Arabs and get away with it", says Muslim-American writer and commentator Arsalan Iftikhar. As an international human rights lawyer and global media commentator, he is founder of TheMuslimGuy.com and a featured expert on 'Voice' (along with Donald Trump and Deepak Chopra) for Intent.com.

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