by Pete Souza | Jul 24, 2015 | Monitor
Today, President Obama visits Kenya — the 50th country he has visited during his Administration. It’s also my 50th country traveling with the President. To mark the occasion, as I did when the President visited his 50th state, I chose one photograph from each country...
by Stephen Spector | Nov 18, 2014 | Monitor
Welcome to your one-stop shop for everything you need to know about Vice President Biden and Dr. Jill Biden’s three-country, five-day visit to Morocco, Ukraine, and Turkey. November 22-23, 2014 Vice President Biden Wraps Up His Trip in Turkey The...
by Matt Compton | Jun 20, 2012 | Afghanistan, Russia
After two days of policy discussions and meetings with leaders from the world's major economies, President Obama held a press conference to discuss his takeaways from the G20 Summit. The ongoing economic crisis in Europe was a central focus of the top-level...
by halverson | Oct 31, 2011 | Analysis, Government, Identification, Islam, Movements, Politics, Religion, Sharia
by Jeffry R. Halverson Put him in power and see how wise he is. – Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms I have spent an inordinate amount of time studying Islamist ideologues and their ideas during my relatively short lifetime. I’ve never read War and...
by editor | May 9, 2008 | Europe, Islam, Language, Politics
by Emy Matesan Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s first visit to Germany in the beginning of February illustrates the “Islamic dilemma†Western European countries currently face. In front of a predominantly German audience, Erdogan had emphasized the...