Home Columns Books Papers Biography Contact

Columns and Articles by Dr. Laina Farhat-Holzman

December 29, 2023

How to Become a Melting Pot


Print

October 27, 2023

Palestinian Tragedy


Print

October 20, 2023

Winners and Losers


Print

September 08, 2023

Anti-Modernization Movements


Print

August 25, 2023

The World America Made (1 of 2)


Print

July 28, 2023

America: Good and bad


Print

June 16, 2023

Teaching American History (1 of 2)


Print

June 02, 2023

What is NATO?


Print

April 28, 2023

Religion and Democracy


Print

July 08, 2022

Democracy or Religion?


Print

June 03, 2022

The Russian Way of War


Print

April 15, 2022

Russia and Ukraine: Poisoned History


Print

February 18, 2022

Ukraine


Print

February 04, 2022

Weaponizing Language


Print

December 31, 2021

Celebrating Food in History


Print

September 03, 2021

Human Societies and Cultural Change (2 of 2)


Print

August 20, 2021

Afghanistan and Nation Building


Print

July 30, 2021

Mandating Vaccination?


Print

July 23, 2021

American History Culture Wars


Print

June 11, 2021

An Asylum Issue


Print

January 24, 2020

Why We Need Russia Experts


Print

December 06, 2019

America?s Gift to the World


Print

America?s Gift to the World


Print

October 11, 2019

Anti-Semitism?s New Supporters


Print

March 22, 2019

The Rebirth of Fascism


Print

November 30, 2018

Historic Roots of Anti-Semitism


Print

October 12, 2018

The History of the American Presidency


Print

September 22, 2018

Indonesia?s Endangered Democracy.


Print

June 16, 2018

Following Russian Money


Print

May 12, 2018

Getting Poison Gas Policies Wrong.


Print

March 24, 2018

Russia?s Foreign Policy


Print

November 18, 2017

One World or Back to Tribalism?


Print

July 15, 2017

What do you know about Montenegro?


Print

May 20, 2017

Limits to Tolerance (Part 2 of 3)


Print

May 13, 2017

Religious Tolerance in World History


Print

Religious Tolerance in World History


Print

April 29, 2017

Russia?s New Global Aims


Print

March 25, 2017

The Trouble With Today?s "Cassandras."


Print

March 18, 2017

Sweden Does Have an Immigrant Problem.


Print

January 21, 2017

World Law and Reciprocity


Print

January 07, 2017

Israel and Its Changing Neighborhood


Print

December 17, 2016

Populism?s Unanticipated Consequences: Dictatorship


Print

December 03, 2016

America?s History of Isolationism or Engagement.


Print

October 15, 2016

Israel?s Changing Neighborhood


Print

September 22, 2016

Is There Global Rule of Law?


Print

August 20, 2016

Culture Matters: International (Part 2 of 2)


Print

July 23, 2016

Iraq War Revisited with Critical Thinking


Print

July 16, 2016

Beliefs that Kill


Print

April 30, 2016

1400 Years of Inbreeding


Print

April 09, 2016

Genocide extends back 7,000 years.


Print

March 12, 2016

Anger is No Substitute for Thinking.


Print

March 05, 2016

With Women Like These?..


Print

February 27, 2016

Was the Past Really Better?


Print

February 13, 2016

How Our Presidents Promote Tolerance


Print

January 23, 2016

Europe's Good Intentions Hit the Wall of Reality.


Print

January 16, 2016

Poll Finds Christian-Muslim Divide on Religious Freedom.


Print

January 09, 2016

"Round Up the Usual Suspects!"


Print

January 02, 2016

Darwin Awards for 2015


Print

December 19, 2015

Neither Bigot Not Apologist.


Print

November 28, 2015

Do Refugees Have Responsibilities?


Print

November 21, 2015

Is the Paris Massacre a Game Changer?


Print

November 14, 2015

How Can Immigrants Be Absorbed?


Print

October 10, 2015

The World Has A Strange Fixation on Sex.


Print

October 03, 2015

Whose Fault is the Immigrant Crisis?


Print

September 26, 2015

Whose Fault is the Immigrant Crisis?


Print

September 19, 2015

Refugee Hordes Threaten Europe?s Future.


Print

September 05, 2015

The United States of Europe Is Obviously Premature.


Print

Tradition!


Print

August 22, 2015

Tradition!


Print

August 01, 2015

What if the 30-Year Religious Wars Prediction Is Wrong?


Print

July 25, 2015

Let's Take a Long View of the Iran Deal.


Print

July 04, 2015

Human Rights Widen In the West, Vanish Elsewhere.


Print

May 09, 2015

Europe?s Newest Invasion needs Tough Love.


Print

January 17, 2015

Whose Fault Are the French Jihadi Murders?


Print

January 10, 2015

Terrorists: "Insult us and we kill you."


Print

January 03, 2015

Youth who seek "meaning" find it in bad places.


Print

December 13, 2014

Europe Rethinks Multiculturalism


Print

November 29, 2014

The Women?s Revolution Threatens The Old Guard


Print

October 11, 2014

What Makes a British Muslim An Executioner?


Print

September 27, 2014

Will Islam Address Its Internal Crisis?


Print

August 02, 2014

Can Wars Be Proportional?


Print

June 21, 2014

US Foreign Policy: Does History Repeat Itself? (Part 2 of 2)


Print

June 14, 2014

An Iranian in Exile Takes On a British MP.


Print

March 22, 2014

Putin’s Ideological Fantasy of Russian “Spirituality.”


Print

March 01, 2014

The Chickens Are Coming Home to Roost in Pakistan.


Print

January 25, 2014

Turkey: How to Lose a Democracy


Print

December 21, 2013

Countries Can Be Judged By Their Internments


Print

November 02, 2013

The “World Community” Has Double Standards.


Print

September 21, 2013

Is the US the World's Policeman?


Print

August 10, 2013

Europe Has an Ostrich Problem: Denial of Immigrant Violence


Print

June 15, 2013

The Chechens Are a Model of Dysfunction.


Print

May 25, 2013

“I'll Eat His Liver---But Not With Chianti.”


Print

March 16, 2013

Foreign Policy: When Is Humanitarian Intervention in our Interest?


Print

January 26, 2013

Europe’s Multicultural Model Is Changing.


Print

January 19, 2013

Sex Crimes Are Part of the War Against Women and Modernity.


Print

December 29, 2012

E Pluribus Unum Is a Rare Commodity Today.


Print

December 22, 2012

Peace On Earth Is a Real Challenge.


Print

November 24, 2012

The Russians Are Looking Like Their Old Selves Again.


Print

October 27, 2012

The President and Challenger Tangle on Foreign Policy


Print

July 14, 2012

How Do We Stop a Genocide?


Print

June 02, 2012

Sometimes Inaction Against Bad Guys Has Dangerous Consequences.


Print

May 26, 2012

What Is Making Population Numbers Crash?


Print

May 05, 2012

The European Uprisings of 1848 Reverberate in Today’s Arab Spring


Print

April 07, 2012

The Clash of Civilizations Has New Venues


Print

February 21, 2012

How Is Citizenship Determined Around the World?


Print

December 24, 2011

Immigrants and refugees: Is There Room at the Inn?


Print

November 12, 2011

Power to the People! Round Up the Usual Suspects!


Print

November 03, 2011

Global Violence Declines---Except in the Middle East--Part 2.


Print

October 18, 2011

Community: Is Letting the Penniless Sick Die an Option?


Print

October 15, 2011

What are the Best and Worst Countries for Women? (Part 2)


Print

August 06, 2011

We Need Perspective On Norway’s Terror Attack


Print

July 26, 2011

More Humans Can Read, But What Are They Reading?


Print

May 21, 2011

Europe Has Immigration Problems on Steroids!


Print

January 08, 2011

What Is “American Exceptionalism?”


Print

December 31, 2010

What Is “American Exceptionalism?”


Print

November 06, 2010

Is the West Really Islamophobic—Or Under Attack?


Print