Articles by Emmanuel Opati

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USIR) has asked the State Department to shut down the Islamic Saudi Academy (ISA) in Fairfax County, Northern Virginia for concerns about whether “what is being taught at ISA promotes religious intolerance.”

United States’ involvement in Iraq, Afghanistan and the global war on terror are compromising the U.S. presence in Asia.

Disapproval of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) ventures by the Democratic controlled Congress is said to be sending a wrong message contrary to America’s efforts to win the hearts and minds of Arab and Moslem allies on global war on terrorism.

Contrary to popular perception, Russia is said to be seeking public-private partnerships with western experts to invest vast sums of Russian savings, Charles Ryan, Chief Executive Officer, Deutsche Bank (Russia) said at the Heritage Foundation last week.

Middle-class children in suburban schools are not as proficient at their grade levels as most parents think.

In effort to crack down on media criticism, Russian State agencies are still using psychiatric institutions to suppress political opposition and a free press.

The United States State Department asked Congress not to enact proposed legislation imposing new US sanctions on Sudan.

There is increasing concern about enrollment decline of African-American male students in higher education and specifically Law Schools.

Tufts University’s Tisch Civil Engagement Program is likely to change the approach to higher education system at U.S Colleges and Universities in the near future.

It is very clear that Iraq will be a major part of the inheritance of the next U.S. president whether that chief executive is a Republican or Democrat.

For decades, African diplomats to the western countries especially the United States focused inter-alia on increasing aid flow to Africa. However, current dynamics of global war on terror have changed foreign policy objectives and consequently changed the wave of international development and humanitarian aid.

General David H. Petraeus told a congressional committee on Monday that in Iraq “we will be able to reduce our forces to the pre-surge level of brigade combat teams by next summer.”