Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Senior Fellow Amb. David Smith says the New York City mosque controversy raises "vital questions." In an op-ed for the Georgian publicationTabula, Amb. Smith, Director of the Georgian Security Analysis Center, writes that the emotionally charged debate cries out for a reasonable compromise, but that politics and a lack of transparency have made such a compromise elusive. Writes Amb. Smith, "The debate and its outcome are important not only for New York, but for America and the world." Click below to read the article in full.