For Israel and Turkey, It’s Now All About Gas
In September, Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, fired the latest salvo in the Eastern Mediterranean stand-off. “Those who think that
The War in Syria Is Close to an End, But the Crushing of a People Is Far from Over
As the war in Syria winds down, it is inevitable that its impact will be measured in terms of casualties.
The EU’s New Migration Policy Is a Gift to the Far Right
Against the backdrop of a Maltese fort that withstood an attempted Muslim invasion in the 16th century, the interior ministers
The Attack on Saudi Aramco Threatens the Global Economy; So Why Aren’t the Asian Powers Doing More for Gulf Security?
While the world fixates on the West’s response to the September 14 attack on Saudi Aramco, the oil giant’s largest
Cynical Politicians Want to Demonize Refugees, But Kindness Triumphs Over Hate
Last month, 29-year-old Iraqi Kurd Mevan Babakar set out to track down a man whose small act of kindness when
Education in the Arab World Needs More Arab Culture
“Seek knowledge, even if you have to go all the way to China,” is a saying often attributed to the
To Avoid Being Stereotyped, the Arab World Must Acknowledge and Fix Its Own Flaws
In August, Israa Ghrayeb, a 21-year-old Palestinian woman, was beaten to death. Her family claimed she had fallen from a
To Eradicate Malaria, Bring Back DDT
Three years ago, the World Health Organization decided to get tough on malaria, a disease that in 2017 alone killed
Don’t Expect New Directions in Israel’s Foreign Policy
In Israel’s recent elections, neither Likud’s bloc nor the new Blue and White coalition achieved a 61-seat majority, so any
Tunisians’ Votes for Political Outsiders Have Handed Back Power to the Insiders
By last Sunday evening, as the results began to trickle in of only the second presidential election since Tunisia’s revolution,
An ISIS Comeback Is Increasingly Likely
In politics, as in life, the urgent always trumps the important. The urgent question about ISIS these days is the
The Attack on Saudi Arabia’s Abqaiq Refinery and the Realpolitik of Oil
As the fires still burn at Saudi Arabia’s giant Abqaiq oil processing plant, attention has turned to the immediate impact
After the Attack on Saudi Oil Facilities, Whither US-Iran Relations?
In the run-up to the UN General Assembly later this month, there is a high possibility of a limited détente
Syrian Bodies Have Become Erdogan’s Latest Bargaining Chip with the EU
Just days before getting what he has long been asking for, Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, asked for more. In
The Drumbeat of ‘Annexation’ Gets Louder in Israel. Then What?
If you haven’t been paying attention, it’d be easy to overlook just how critical the upcoming Israeli general election is
A Victory in Yemen
Last month, victory was declared in a war that Yemen has been fighting against a brutal enemy for the past
