The student uprising that has been taking place in Iran these past few months is at once both illuminating and unexpected. Prof. Charles Kurzman, professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of The Unthinkable Revolution in Iran (Harvard University Press, 2004), explains this phenomenon in this article discussing [...]

“The findings of this study challenge the very rationale of Pakistan’s poverty alleviating strategies, which have constantly been failing as the number of those who are below the Poverty Line, instead of decreasing, has increased.” He further said, “Though this study focuses only on two districts of Punjab, it [...]

Alternate Solutions Institute, Pakistan’s first free market think tank, launched its online platform in Urdu with the technical and financial support from Atlas Global Initiative for Free Trade, Peace, and Prosperity. Hum-Azad.org will serve as the Urdu portal for information on classical liberalism, while ASInstitute.org will continue to be the English portal in [...]

The type of policy the Egyptian government should adopt for the betterment of Egypt’s economy was the hot topic of the “Economic Freedom of Egypt: Reality and Future Economic Freedom” workshop.  Seventy-five businessmen, academic scholars, government officials and members of the media joined in the discussion in Cairo, Egypt.  Most notably, Youssef Boutros-Ghali, Minister of [...]

This post originally appeared on Tom Palmer’s personal blog on October 14th.

I got in last night from Cairo to Vienna, after a successful Egypt Audit program, in cooperation with the Fraser Institute and the IDSC of Egypt. The Egypt Audit applied the methods of the Economic Freedom of the World reports to one country [...]

When I was studying at Columbia University Law School, I read Henri Pirenne’s classic study, Mohammed and Charlemagne (it was an eye-opener and contributed to my studying history in graduate school). Henri Pirenne (1862-1935) was the famous professor of medieval history at the University of Ghent (1886-1930). His analysis showed that the expansion of Islam [...]

The Islamic Resource Bank (IRB) and the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) held a joint event last Saturday to discuss various topics facing the American Muslim community and US policy toward the Middle East and Muslim world.
Atlas’s  president, Alex Chafuen gave the opening presentation on the topic, “Speaking to Policy Makers.”  Dr. Chafuen discussed [...]

Here are some of the highlights across the Atlas Global Initiative websites this week:

“The Triangle of the Islamic Religious Polarization in the Gulf” is a can’t miss article on Minbaralhurriyya.org by Nabil Albukayre.
Chiraiazadi.org just posted a great article, “Real Democracy and Development”, by Peshwaz Faizulla.
OrdemLivre.org’s Diogo Costa just returned from a trip to Portugal, Mozambique, [...]

Peshwaz Faizulla, Editor of Chiraiazadi.org, will be on Aljazeera English,The Riz Khan show at 20:30 GMT ( 4:30pm EST) talking about the elections in Kurdistan.
“Syndrome of Poverty” an article by Muhamad Aldamye, talks about the international economic situation and the ever expanding growth between rich and poor on Minbaralhurriyya.org.
Two great articles are on OrdemLivre.org.  The [...]

The Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies recently published their Quarterly Report, which  highlights the work of the organization.  One of the largest accomplishments of the organization was the creation of the Center for Public Policy. This arm of the organization focuses on educating Members of the Knesset (Isreal’s governing body) on free market principles, free [...]