Defeating ISIS

12 years ago

Monday the Washington Institute for Near East Policy hosted Jean-Pierre Filiu, professor of Middle East studies at Sciences Po, Ambassador…

Forewarned is forearmed

12 years ago

Today is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, so (courtesy of Buzzfeed): That's just in case you get invited for…

Tunisia’s progress and peril

12 years ago

Next month Tunisia will hold parliamentary elections, with presidential elections following in November. These will be the first national elections…

Peace picks, September 23-26

12 years ago

Religious Peacebuilding: The Approach of the U.S. Institute of Peace Tuesday, September 23 | 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Rumi…

Why now and what next

12 years ago

Today's big story is the American-led air attack on Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) installations, mainly in…

Yemen and Afghanistan

12 years ago

What do Yemen and Afghanistan have in common? They have both reached power sharing agreements in the last couple of…

Where strong men rule

12 years ago

I spent most of last week in Moscow talking with Russian Middle East experts. It was a deeply saddening experience.…

Demonization obscures a good argument

12 years ago

Eric Edelman, Dennis Ross and Ray Takeyh write in the Washington Post: The Islamic Republic is not a normal nation-state…

Gaza isn’t healing

12 years ago

Last month’s fifty day conflict between Hamas and Israel has exacted a punishing toll on Gaza, both in terms of…

Relief yes, complacency no

12 years ago

Ten days ago I noted the negative impact a "yes" vote in the Scottish referendum would have on Ukraine. It…