Though it seems more recent, nearly a year has passed since the suicide of Tunisian fruit vendor Mohamed Bouazizi sparked the independence movement that continues to reverberate across the Greater Middle East. It had roots in the Palestinian nationalism of 1967 and the intifada of 1987, the Iranian revolution of 1979, and the Turkish return from militant secularism of ...
Continue ReadingOMAR M. KADER, owner and founder, Pal-Tech Inc; chairman of the board, Middle East Policy Council
Today we will examine the question of what the Islamic Republic of ...
Continue ReadingHistorically the bulk of political-economy discourse on the Arab Gulf focused on its geostrategic importance, the actors or factors that had the capacity to disrupt the outflow of ...
Continue ReadingThe United Arab Emirates (UAE) has just celebrated its fortieth anniversary as an independent state. Forged, in 1971, of seven autonomous emirates abutting the southwestern coast of the ...
Continue ReadingA famous expert on the Middle East many years ago was asked to describe U.S. policy there. He replied, "We don't have a policy in the ...
Continue ReadingThe assassination of President Anwar Sadat on October 6, 1981, inspired profound fear for Egypt's stability. However, rapid elevation to the presidency of Vice President Hosni Mubarak, former ...
Continue ReadingThe Middle East, as we know it from today's headlines, emerged from decisions made by the Allies during and after the First World War. Great Britain and France ...
Continue ReadingSince the outbreak of the February 17 Revolution, Libya’s political map has changed beyond recognition. Where before, few players and institutions seemed to matter outside the ...
Continue ReadingRecent years have seen a series of massive terrorist attacks in Russia, serving as a reminder that on the southwestern periphery of that vast Eurasian country, a de ...
Continue ReadingIn fall 2011, observers of Arab-Israeli affairs warned that the Palestinian bid for UN recognition threatened both the United States and the Jewish state. The Palestinians' diplomatic offensive ...
Continue ReadingThe "two-state solution" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has long been advocated by the international community (ever since the United Nations [UN] General Assembly passed Resolution 181 partitioning Palestine ...
Continue ReadingIn the wake of the 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty, the United States launched a series of satellites under the name Vela (after a constellation in the southern ...
Continue ReadingThe civil insurrections that overthrew long-entrenched dictatorships in Tunisia and Egypt — and have threatened the survival of autocratic regimes in Yemen, Bahrain and Syria — have brought ...
Continue ReadingMichael Bröning has presented a well-informed and extensively researched analysis of contemporary Palestinian political structures and movements. He not only shows a deep understanding of the historical, cultural ...
Continue ReadingFawaz Gerges was one of a handful of serious scholars paying attention to the threat of Islamist terrorism in the years prior to 9/11. He wrote a fine ...
Continue ReadingAnyone writing a book on the Armenian Question obviously likes a challenge, is naïve, or has not done it before and therefore does not know what to expect. ...
Continue Reading"Angry Book" could also accurately describe Kerem Öktem's provocative and invaluable account of contemporary Turkish history, in particular of the role and the misdeeds of the country's "guardian ...
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