Posted on Sat, December 3, 2011 at 18:13 pm CET
Post Pic

Overviewing Shi’a-Sunni Conflicts

As we approach the end of the first year of what has been called the Arab Spring… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • Arab Spring • Bahrain • Culture • Iraq • Lebanon • Religion • Saudi Arabia • Security and Defense • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • Syria • Yemen 
Posted on Tue, October 18, 2011 at 17:47 pm CEST
Post Pic

Syria: Minority Regions Braced for Civil War

Two of Syria’s most important minorities, the Alawites and the Druzes, fear that… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • Economy • Security and Defense • Syria • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Thu, June 30, 2011 at 23:35 pm CEST
Post Pic

Afghanistan: Deal With the Taliban The Basis for U.S. Withdrawal?

Ahmad Rashid is widely considered to be the best journalist on Afghan and related Pakistani issues… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Fri, June 17, 2011 at 18:52 pm CEST
Post Pic

Lebanon’s Radical pro-Iranian and pro-Syrian New Government

After five months of political stagnation, Lebanon has a new government… Continue reading

Topics: Hezbollah • Iran • Islamism • Lebanon • Syria • Turkey 
Posted on Sun, April 3, 2011 at 00:40 am CEST
Post Pic

How The Bizarre World of Middle East Studies Messes Up U.S. Foreign Policy

Engaging in Middle East studies, as Lawrence says about putting your hand in a flame, hurts. The trick “is not minding that it hurts” and… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Miscellaneous • The Middle East 
Posted on Thu, March 17, 2011 at 00:02 am CET
Post Pic

Crisis and Civil War in Libya

Here’s an (self)interview by Barry Rubin with Barry Rubin about what’s happening in Libya and U.S. foreign policy… Continue reading

Topics: Libya War • Maghreb • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, January 31, 2011 at 01:33 am CET
Post Pic

U.S. Policy Toward Algeria as a Case Study for the Egypt Crisis

Two former ambassadors and several current and former U.S. diplomats have written me agreeing with my warnings regarding Egypt… Continue reading

Topics: Algeria • Egypt • The Middle East • United States of America 
Posted on Mon, January 17, 2011 at 00:57 am CET
Post Pic

Concerns in Iran over South Sudan Referendum

This week, Iran’s conservative press expressed dissatisfaction with and concern over the referendum held in Sudan, in which the African residents of southern Sudan will decide if they… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Sudan