by Sophie Shafer-Landau | Jun 9, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads The Global Struggle to Respond to the Worst Refugee Crisis in Generations Patrick Boehler and Sergio Pecanha / New York Times Eleven million people were uprooted by violence last year, most propelled by conflict in Syria, Iraq, Ukraine and Afghanistan....
by Maggie Feldman-Piltch | Jan 6, 2015 | Monitor
Habib Essid Nominated as Tunisia’s Prime Minister On Jan. 5, former Interior Minister Habib Essid was nominated as Prime Minister by Tunisia’s newly elected parliament. Essid is no stranger in the Congressional palace, as he held a variety of positions in...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Jun 27, 2012 | Monitor
By Patricia H. Kushlis In 1949, a bitter civil war that divided Greece between anti-Communist Greek government forces and the Communists ended when the latter’s military forces and their civilian supporters fled across the borders into Albania and Bulgaria. Others...