The Cairo Review of Global Affairs

Thomas Piketty, Paris, April 1, 2014. Ed Alcock/Eyevine/Redux

Critiquing Capitalism

By Amir-Hussein Radjy

French economist Thomas Piketty discusses the dangers of economic inequality, definitions of poverty, and demands for financial transparency.

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ISIS fighters appear in a video online on Feb. 4, 2015.

How ISIS Will End

By Mark Juergensmeyer

Summer 2016 in Essays

The European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Feb. 22, 2015. Mikka Luster (mikka.is)

Life and Death of the Euro

By Jacques Sapir

Summer 2016 in Essays

Jorge Bergoglio, then archbishop of Buenos Aires, at a drug rehabilitation center, Buenos Aires, 2011. Fernando Massobrio/GDA via Associated Press

The Education of Pope Francis

By Paul Vallely

Summer 2016 in Essays

Campaign poster for National Front leader Marine Le Pen, Frejus, March 18, 2014. Eric Gaillard/Reuters

Marine Le Pen’s Challenge

By Alexandre Dézé and Nonna Mayer and Sylvain Crépon

Summer 2016 in Essays

President Obama reflects during a meeting at the White House, March 15, 2009. The White House/Wikicommons

The Fantasy of Disengagement

By Thanassis Cambanis

July 19, 2016 in Tahrir Forum

Children playing in a polluted river, Jakarta, Sept. 19, 2012. Enny Nuraheni/Reuters

Our Common Home

By Pope Francis

Summer 2016 in Essays

Two Arabs, A Berber, and a Jew

A Moroccan Love Letter

By Helen Mackreath
in Book Reviews

Qandeel Baloch at a press conference in Lahore, Pakistan, June 28, 2016. STR/AFP/Getty Images

The Death of Qandeel Baloch

By Rozina Ali
in Global Forum

Parliamentary Dreams

By Nada Moselhy
in Midan

A KFC restaurant in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 22, 2008. Basil Soufi/Wikicommons

The Gulf’s Global Moment

By Tarek Osman
in Tahrir Forum

Tear gas fired at protesters, Caracas, Feb. 15, 2014. Andrés E. Azpúrua/Wikicommons

Hunger Games in Caracas

By Fernanda Uro Aboites
in Global Forum

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani at the funeral of a leading cleric, Mashhad, Iran, March 5, 2016.

Iran’s Evolutionary Road to Reform

By Ellie Geranmayeh
in Tahrir Forum