The Syrian tragedy has induced rapid changes in the country"s social structure. Moreover, new forms of collective and individual authority tethered to the conflict have emerged. 1  Both processes will have long-term impacts on the futur...

 Nowhere have the spillover effects of the overlapping domestic, regional and international war for Syria proved more devastating than in Lebanon.1 Whether in terms of increased sectarian agitation and violence, refugee flows, the mushro...

 Challenges to Iraq"s authority and territorial cohesion commenced decades before the Syrian civil war, despite the country"s juridical sovereignty.3 Even after the Treaty of Sevres (1923) delineated the boundaries of former Ottoman terr...

 I thought what I would do to kick things off is to offer some observations about what the Trump administration will be inheriting in U.S. policy in the Middle East — offer some thoughts about how we got here, what President Obama ...

 Has this ever happened to you? You"re out for a jog, completely relaxed, your mind a pleasant blank. Then all of a sudden the solution to a problem you"ve been mulling over for weeks pops into your head. You can"t help but wonder why yo...

 Irreplaceable Indigenous rock art at a site in remote Western Australia has been vandalised with graffiti, treated with contempt by outsiders, and placed under threat by an invasive weed, an inquiry has heard. 
Murujuga, commonly known...

 The latest online malware, dubbed Brickerbot, is particularly nasty, as it virtually destroys vulnerable devices. This new approach has led to a new term, PDoS, for Permanent Denial of Service.
Hacked devices don"t go up in smoke, but ...

 It"s easy to get obsessed over numbers -- especially when it comes to something as volatile as operating system market share.
(And yes, I realize that may be one of the nerdiest sentences I"ve ever written. I"m okay with that.)
Silly ...

 Reserve raised interest Federal rates for short-term borrowing by a quarter of a percent (0.25%). This is called the fed funds rate, which is the rate banks charge each other on overnight borrowing. As a result of the increase, the new ...

 The vast majority of small business owners—most of whom report their share of business income on their personal returns—use paid preparers to complete and file their tax returns. But this doesn’t mean owners have no wo...

 Large businesses rely on the credit ratings of their companies. Small businesses usually have to rely — in whole or in part — on the credit scores of their owners. Consequently, having a good personal credit rating is essent...

 Selling is one thing, but getting paid is quite another. The aim for small businesses is to collect payments as quickly as possible with as little cost to do so. You do not want to become a banker for your customers, extending them cred...