In an interview, Aaron David Miller looks ahead at where the policies of the new Israeli government might lead.
The new Netanyahu cabinet is bound to further undermine Israel’s stabilization of the occupied territories.
In an interview, Nikita Smagin explains what is behind the Russian-Iranian rapprochement, as well as its limitations.
In an interview, Michael Vatikiotis discusses the Levant’s lost cosmopolitanism and how it influenced his own family.
In an interview, Hussein Ibish discusses why U.S.-Saudi relations have deteriorated so rapidly.
In an interview, Nur Arafeh examines the current critical moment in Palestine, and speculates as to how the future may unfold.
In an interview, Shahd Alshammari discusses the struggle for disability rights in the Middle East.
The collapse of a six-month truce bodes ill for an already battered country.
Qaïs Saied has consolidated his hold on Tunisia, but economic woes mean his control remains unstable.
In an interview, Benedict Robin-D’Cruz discusses Muqtada al-Sadr and how he has preserved his religious authority.
In an interview, Ali Fathollah-Nejad discusses the recent protests in Iran, and long-term prospects for the post-revolutionary political order.
Hamas’ influence may be on the rise, but the movement has yet failed to assume national leadership.
In an interview, Armenak Tokmajyan talks about Sarmada, Syria’s border with Turkey, and why the status quo there may change.
In an interview, Harith Hasan discusses how environmental degradation has affected sociopolitical stability in southern Iraq.
In an interview, Iyad El-Baghdadi examines the tension between the United States and two leading Gulf states, and what this means.
In an interview, Nikolay Kozhanov explains how the Ukraine conflict will affect Middle Eastern hydrocarbons production.
In an interview, Chris Cormency discusses the serious consequences of water scarcity in the Middle East.
In an interview, Timothy J. Paris discusses his biography of Gilbert Clayton, a key British official in the Middle East.
In an interview, Ankit Panda discusses reports that China is helping Saudi Arabia to develop a missile program.
In an interview, Tarek Mitri looks back at Libya’s volatile transition after the fall of the Qaddafi regime.