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Foreign Troops go into Bahrain

Saudi and United Arab Emirates troops crossed into Bahrain Monday, March 14 to support the king against escalating anti-throne demonstrations… Continue reading

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Syrian Authorities Break Up Protest

Why are moderate Arab regimes — even if dictatorships — shaken by protest while hardline ones aren’t? Because at the least sign of trouble the radical governments… Continue reading

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Hamas Exploiting Tunisian ‘Intifada’ as Islamist Challenge to Arab Nationalism

Hamas spokesmen (mostly unofficial) praise the popular Tunisian intifada (uprising) and expect a domino effect to lead to the downfall of Mahmoud Abbas and other pro-Western “dictatorial regimes.” However… Continue reading

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Revolt in Tunisia: When Arab Regimes Do (and Do Not) Tremble

Is the Arab world really in shock over the Tunisian upheaval? Is this really a symptom for a coming upheaval in the Arab world… Continue reading

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The Real Middle Eastern Cold War

This new Cold War represents the current ideological division in the Middle East between the “revolutionary bloc,” led chiefly by Iran, Syria, and more recently Turkey, and the “status-quo bloc,” led by Saudi Arabia and Egypt… Continue reading