The verdict and the Obama administration

12 years ago

Secretary of State Kerry in Cairo Sunday suggested that Egypt was in a critical moment of transition. On Tuesday, an…

Regional ripples from a nuclear deal

12 years ago

As gradual progress is made towards a potential nuclear deal with Iran, many question the implications that this agreement would…

Shi’astan 1, Kurdistan 1, Sunnistan 0

12 years ago

Here is the concluding paragraph of my piece published by the Middle East Institute Friday: Thus the current insurgency may…

Schisms in Shi’ism

12 years ago

With sectarian violence flaring in the Middle East, it is tempting to view the Islamic world in terms of the…

Peace picks June 23-27

12 years ago

Iranian Nuclear Deal and the Impact on its Neighbors Monday, June 23 | 9:30 am – 12:00 pm Woodrow Wilson…

Promote the vote

12 years ago

With Tunisia’s presidential and parliamentary elections approaching in the fall, the Middle East Institute and the International Republican Institute (IRI)…

Great expectations

12 years ago

With General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi sworn in as president last week, many people are questioning what his term will hold…

The Maliki quandary

12 years ago

There is good reason for the many calls for Nouri al Maliki to quit his post as Iraq's prime minister. …

Politics first

12 years ago

The American philosopher Alfred North Whitehead talked of the "fallacy of misplaced concreteness,"  which is like putting the emPHAsis on…

Due for a rethink

12 years ago

As US policy towards the Middle East is floundering, the Center for American Progress (CAP) released a timely report Monday…