At the end of 2011 is anyone in the Arabic-speaking world better off as a result of the upheavals of the Arab Spring… Continue reading
The year 2011 saw a “regression toward the mean” in Turkey’s relation with the United States… Continue reading
Is Tunisia, the Arab world’s historically most moderate country in social and intellectual terms, headed for Islamism… Continue reading
Turkey’s emergence in the 21st century as a Middle Eastern power has been in the making for the last decade… Continue reading
I don’t think one could come up with a more teachable moment regarding international affairs… Continue reading
It never ceases to amaze me that both liberals and conservatives in the American debate are missing the most important point… Continue reading
General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, a senior commander in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, declared that, if Iran came under attack from the U.S. or Israel… Continue reading
The “Arab Spring” is the name given to the tumultuous political events of 2011… Continue reading
Internal and external dynamics no longer compel Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to transcend his democratic limits… Continue reading
Turkey’s high-flying economy will crash-land in 2012… Continue reading
This article analyses German media coverage of Palestinian terrorism… Continue reading
I feel guilty every day that I don’t write about Syria’s revolution… Continue reading
China opposes expanded sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program according to leaked wikileaks cables… Continue reading
Do policymakers, and “experts” care what happens in the Middle East? War? Bloodshed? Repression… Continue reading
There is a constant effort to portray those who express Israeli public opinion and the views of professional analysts as “right-wing”… Continue reading
Iran’s strategy is based on “attack for attack”, and since the United States is ruled by Israel and is more concerned with an attack on Tel-Aviv… Continue reading
Turkey’s growing international profile has been controversial… Continue reading
The Washington Post has an article by Michael Gerson attacking Newt Gingrich’s warning that the imposition of Sharia law… Continue reading
While there is nothing new or surprising in a paper’s refusal to own up to its misreporting… Continue reading
This notion of choice is the basis for Obama Administration policy toward Iran… Continue reading
Iran announced yesterday that it had completed the transfer of its nuclear facilities underground… Continue reading
Despite threats from Iran to withdraw financial aid and training for militants… Continue reading
In view of the instability of Bashar Assad’s regime, Hamas has begun evacuating its Syrian external headquarters… Continue reading
Iranian speculations on Egypt’s Islamists: Shi’ite-style revolutionaries or Turkish-style democrats?
There have been various speculations in Iranian press on the significance of the Islamists’ victory and the nature of the Islamist faction in Egypt… Continue reading
A Huffington Post writer with no known expertise on the Middle East, has accused me of being not only an alarmist about revolutionary Islamism but also as a “neo-con… Continue reading
Do I have to draw you a picture of how Islamism is just pretending to be moderate… Continue reading
Newt Gingrich’ statement about the Palestinians was entirely accurate… Continue reading
It’s time for the Fifth Internationale, that of the Muslim Brotherhoods… Continue reading
Moscow is deeply involved in helping Iran repel the next and most critical stage of the cyber war… Continue reading
Recently a reader sent me a note from an Obama supporter responding to… Continue reading
Everyone from the PLO to a Mitt Romney spokesman jumped on Gingrich for this assertion… Continue reading
Gingrich said Palestinians are an “invented” people… Continue reading
Judging from news reports, one might think that Palestinian nationalism has been active as long as… Continue reading
In recent years, small groups of Moroccan Berber activists, particularly younger people, have challenged… Continue reading
As’ad AbuKahlil spoke last month at a day-long “teach-in” at the University of California… Continue reading
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