1. Life – from Politics to Philosophy Plato was born in Athens in c. 427 B.C.E. Until his mid-twenties, Athens was involved in a long and disastrous military conflict with Sparta, known as the Peloponnesian War. Coming from a distinguished family – on his father’s side descending from Codrus, one of the early kings of Continue Reading...

Ethnic politics continue to be significant in events in northern Mali, with militant groups appealing to ethnic fears to gain support. As Mali and the international community continue to waver between plans for an intervention and pushes for a negotiated political solution between the south and its militant-controlled north, increasing attention has been paid to Continue Reading...

Ex-presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq said on Sunday that Egypt’s president and the Muslim Brotherhood, of which he was a senior leader, must relinquish power immediately to end the ongoing crisis. The Mubarak-era Prime Minister, who lost to President Mohamed Mursi in June, told London’s Asharq Al-Awsat that the entire regime needs to be replaced. He Continue Reading...