A Radical Plan for Palestinian-Israeli Solidarity By Joseph Dana - Jan 16, 2020

There has been a massive rise in anti-Semitism around the world. Anti-Semitic violence has increased more than 50 percent in the United States alone since… Continue readingA Radical Plan for Palestinian-Israeli Solidarity

China and the US Face Off in the Middle East and Africa By Christian Le Miere - Jan 15, 2020

The signing of a “phase one” trade deal between China and the US on January 15 appears to herald the beginning of the end of… Continue readingChina and the US Face Off in the Middle East and Africa

Erdogan’s Libyan Adventure Is About Shoring Up His Own Legacy as Much as Winning More Respect for Turkey By Henri J Barkey - Jan 13, 2020

The president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, announced this week that Turkish troops would gradually be deployed to Libya to support the increasingly beleaguered internationally… Continue readingErdogan’s Libyan Adventure Is About Shoring Up His Own Legacy as Much as Winning More Respect for Turkey

The Missing Ingredient In Campaigns To Eradicate Polio By Jonathan Gornall - Jan 13, 2020

It is 32 years since the World Health Organization vowed to eradicate polio, launching the Global Polio Eradication Initiative with the objective of wiping the… Continue readingThe Missing Ingredient In Campaigns To Eradicate Polio

Iran’s Reaction to Soleimani’s Death Shows Its Ability to Wage Asymmetric War Has Been Blunted By Hussain Abdul-Hussain - Jan 12, 2020

Seventeen years after its blunder in the 2003 Iraq War, America has regained its mojo. It was previously thought inconceivable that Washington would dare assassinate… Continue readingIran’s Reaction to Soleimani’s Death Shows Its Ability to Wage Asymmetric War Has Been Blunted

Oman Sits at a Crossroads By Robin Mills - Jan 11, 2020

In 1955, a curious cavalcade of vehicles set off from Oman’s southern port of Salalah, heading for the interior. Sultan Said bin Taimur and his… Continue readingOman Sits at a Crossroads

In Soleimani’s Death, Khamenei’s Despair Over His Hopes to Reengineer the Iran Hierarchy By Nibras Kazimi - Jan 9, 2020

Iran lost more than its ablest commander, “resistance” icon and shadow foreign minister with the demise of Qassem Soleimani. It lost its future. Or at… Continue readingIn Soleimani’s Death, Khamenei’s Despair Over His Hopes to Reengineer the Iran Hierarchy

There’s More to US-China Tensions Than the Trade War, and MENA Countries Are Caught in the Middle By Afshin Molavi - Jan 8, 2020

If you want to know where the Democratic Party in America stands on an issue, the only thing you need to know is where US… Continue readingThere’s More to US-China Tensions Than the Trade War, and MENA Countries Are Caught in the Middle

Soleimani's Death Has Offered Iran’s Hardliners an Early Election Gift By Faisal Al Yafai - Jan 8, 2020

With around six weeks to go before Iran’s parliamentary election, Tehran’s hardliners could scarcely have wished for a better gift from the president of the… Continue readingSoleimani's Death Has Offered Iran’s Hardliners an Early Election Gift

Turkey’s Plans for Troops in Libya Is About Russia in Syria and Mediterranean Oil By Ömer Taşpınar - Jan 7, 2020

Turkey’s authoritarian leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, likes to tout his country as a regional superpower with an imperial legacy stretching over centuries and over continents.… Continue readingTurkey’s Plans for Troops in Libya Is About Russia in Syria and Mediterranean Oil

Iraq is the Primary Victim of the US Assassination of Qassem Soleimani By Ellen Laipson - Jan 6, 2020

US-Iran relations on the brink of all-out war is the dominant narrative for the assassination of Iran’s Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani. Many observers have… Continue readingIraq is the Primary Victim of the US Assassination of Qassem Soleimani

China, Russia and Iran’s War Games in the Gulf of Oman Are a Means of Plotting an Escape Route By Faisal Al Yafai - Jan 6, 2020

The sight of warships sailing toward the Gulf of Oman is a common one, but the last few days of December provided an unprecedented spectacle… Continue readingChina, Russia and Iran’s War Games in the Gulf of Oman Are a Means of Plotting an Escape Route

West Africa Is Cutting Off the Last Strings From French Colonialism; Its Future Is Tied to Crypto Technology By Joseph Dana - Jan 5, 2020

Last month, the West Africa Economic and Monetary Union announced it was replacing its currency, the Franc des Colonies Françaises d’Afrique, or CFA franc, with… Continue readingWest Africa Is Cutting Off the Last Strings From French Colonialism; Its Future Is Tied to Crypto Technology

Hezbollah Broke Lebanon. Now Hezbollah Owns Lebanon By Hussain Abdul-Hussain - Jan 3, 2020

“Consensus democracy” is the buzzword of Lebanon’s sectarian politics, in which candidates for the highest state positions must have cross-sectarian approval. That, at least, is… Continue readingHezbollah Broke Lebanon. Now Hezbollah Owns Lebanon

As Antibiotics Stop Working, Are We Headed for the Age of the Phage? By Jonathan Gornall - Jan 2, 2020

The human race has a deadly drug problem. The scourge posing an existential threat isn’t heroin or cocaine. Although such drugs do exact a heavy… Continue readingAs Antibiotics Stop Working, Are We Headed for the Age of the Phage?