The significance of today's joint Obama/Putin call for democratic transition in Syria is, as usual, in what is not mentioned. …
The Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has conducted an autocoup (that's a coup conducted by people already…
We are down to four-day weeks, but lots of interesting events anyway: 1. Egypt’s Elections: The End of the Revolution, …
Uncertainty is breaking out all over the Greater Middle East. With Crown Prince Nayef's death in Saudi Arabia, the House…
Gregor Nazarian reports from Friday afternoon's discussion of the QDDR at USIP (I've already offered some general reflections on what…
USIP yesterday morning hosted a meeting on the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR). I heard a lot of good…
Not surprisingly, the Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court decided yesterday that Ahmed Shafiq, a former Air Force general and prime minister…
Newly arrived Middle East Institute summer intern Ilona Gerbakher writes: While the world is significantly more democratic today than it…
Michelle Dunne and Dimitri Simes got it wrong in yesterday's discussion on the PBS Newshour of Russia's role in Syria.…
Yesterday UN peacekeeping under secretary general Herve Ladsous suggested that Syria is indeed in a civil war: Yes, I think…