Suleimania
Suleimania I had a lengthy series of meetings at the university in Suleimania (a city that is spelled in Latin letters in a remarkable number of ways) with the president…
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Authoritarians and Crackpots: A Marriage Made in….
Their Hero: Alexander Lukashenko One of the oddest and most unhinged little groups of crackpots on the planet, associated with the misleadingly self-titled “British Helsinki Human Rights Group,” has come…
University of Koya
The Road from Koya I had what I consider very successful meetings today in Koya, where they are building a remarkable new university, with modern dormitories, science labs, sports facilities,…
A Fine Thanksgiving Dinner
The Erbil Skyline I went out for dinner this evening with my Kurdish colleagues to a Turkish restaurant. I thought it wiser not to suggest that for dinner we have…
Meeting Parliamentarians
Dr. Adnan Mufti I will post later some photos I took of Iraqi cities, as well as various public figures. I have met with some members of the Iraqi parliament,…
Meetings and Lectures
Korea by Night I had a good experience yesterday with a lecture and meetings at the Salahaddin University in Erbil, for which I had prepared a Powerpoint presentation. (I may…
Middle Eastern Liberty
I was in Oman for the Economic Freedom of the World Network meeting, which inaugurated the Economic Freedom of the Arab World, a new study that rates 16 of the…
On the Road
I’ve not been blogging a whole lot lately, mainly because I’ve been pretty busy. (Although I still mark items in the papers for comments, I don’t get around to it…
Yale Free Press Interview
As a followup to my recent talk before the Yale Political Union, I was interviewed (by email) by one of the writers for the Yale Free Press, Andrew Stegmaier. (I…
Inspiring Friends of Freedom
Yesterday and today I’ve had the privilege of meeting with pro-liberty activists from Georgia, Syria, Mauritania, and Iraq. Yesterday my colleagues and I met with Paata Sheshelidze and Gia Jandieri…