Theme
  • Light
  • Dark
Other Sites
Joyce Karam

Joyce Karam

Joyce Karam is the Washington Bureau Chief for Al-Hayat Newspaper, an International Arabic Daily based in London. She has covered American politics extensively since 2004 with focus on U.S. policy towards the Middle East. Prior to that, she worked as a Journalist in Lebanon, covering the Post-war situation. Joyce holds a B.A. in Journalism and an M.A. in International Peace and Conflict Resolution. Twitter: @Joyce_Karam

Why the U.S. Congress is reluctant on Syria

If you have been wondering where are the weapons and ammunition shipments that U.S. President Barack Obama had promised Syria’s rebels last month, the Congress has inadvertently answered this......

 For Obama, it’s about Egypt not Mursi

Even though ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi will not be missed by either U.S. policymakers or the American public, the aftermath of his ouster partly through a military coup can prove thorny......

 Between Fadel Shaker and Mohammed Assaf

Two distinct voices from the Middle East were spotlighted this week capturing the region’s paradox and the stark choices it offers its citizens. One was of Mohammed Assaf, the talented......

 Obama and his legacy of ending wars

Since assuming his second term in 2012, there is hardly a foreign policy speech in which the U.S. President Barack Obama does not remind us of his accomplishment in ending the war in Iraq and his......

 Syria’s long road to Geneva

As the proxy war sets in fully in Syria with equal determination among all sides to change the calculations on the ground, the hopes for a major diplomatic breakthrough in the proposed Geneva peace......

 Obama’s appointees bring clout to foreign policy

A more pro-active US foreign policy is expected with the appointment of Susan Rice as national security advisor, the nomination of Samantha Power as ambassador to the United Nations and the awaited......

 Guantanamo: the beginning of the end?

The closing of a prison that Amnesty International labeled “an American gulag”, and dictators around the world have used to ridicule the U.S.’ moral standing, can finally become a......

 Hezbollah in Syria: brace for a long conflict

While Hezbollah’s intervention in Syria is helping Assad regain military foothold in key areas of the country, it promises a more vicious and prolonged sectarian conflict in the longer run. The......