In this episode of Wait Just a Minute, journalist and activist Mona Eltahawy takes a minute to examine feminism, ambition, the state of women’s rights in the Middle East.

Analysis on issues that transcend borders and transform how people, businesses, and governments engage the world.

Rachel Bronson explains how the deal's uranium enrichment terms and apparent bypass of IAEA oversight break from past US nuclear agreements—and what precedent that sets.

November 25, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz , Craig Kafura , Dina Smeltz , Jordan Tama , and Joshua Busby, Leo Correa / AP, When it comes to the conflict in the Middle East, American foreign policy professionals are more divided along partisan lines than the general public., ...

March 3, 2026, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Craig Kafura , and Lama El Baz, Mohsen Ganji / AP, Download Report (PDF), While few Americans want to see Iran develop a nuclear weapon, just half expressed support for US airstrikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities—and most beli...

America’s treatment of its allies is creating a gap that others will fill.

November 9, 2015, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura, Cole Keister, Download Report (PDF), The Middle East remains the focus of what Americans perceive as the leading threats to US security, including international terrorism, the rise of violent Islamic extremist group...