The United States faces a number of dilemmas in supporting Saudi activism.
A regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security.
At the Sochi summit, Erdogan, Putin, and Rouhani will discuss how to solve the conflict in Syria. But audiences back home will be at the front of their minds.
While the Middle East needs a collective security architecture, the U.S. proposal must be changed if it is actually going to exist—let alone succeed.
The Palestinians will need democratic legitimacy to advance their national movement.
A regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security.
It took nine months to form Lebanon’s cabinet, but Maha Yahya argues the real difficulties lie ahead.
For both the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, the new emphasis on separating religion from politics and confronting “political Islam” is not a question of defining an abstract theory of the state. It is a considered response to the grave challenges they face.
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood embraced neoliberalism before the 2011 Arab Spring and doomed its time in power from the start.
The next year offers Ennahda a choice. Will it consolidate its position as a major political player in Tunisia, or will its internal divisions deepen?
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