Who gets to be the caliph? After all, if you want to have a caliphate , as revolutionary Islamists do with much popular support among Muslims… Continue reading
The problem with the Obama administration is that it wants to pursue policies that may be acceptable to the day-dreaming cultural elite, but not to… Continue reading
Female workers should “breastfeed” their male co-workers in order to work in each other’s company… Continue reading
Iraq is in a mess. Violence continues. Factionalism leads to endless bickering. Corruption is at high levels. Christians live in fear or flee altogether. Islamism is constantly creeping forward… Continue reading
The first Muslim Brotherhood activists came to Saudi Arabia in the first half of the 1950s… Continue reading
And yet the West — with all its institutions of higher learning, including governmental agencies dealing with cultural and religious questions — is still thoroughly “confused” as to what Islam teaches… Continue reading
On August 11, 2009, the Yemeni government launched “Operation Scorched Earth,” aimed at putting an end to the Huthi uprising that had destabilized the country’s northern province of Sa’da for more than five years… Continue reading
Nageeb Kashgari is a young man in a lot of trouble… Continue reading
Until now, Turkey’s presence in Iraq has generally been encouraged by all major Iraqi groups… Continue reading
With its latest acquisitions from Washington and Europe, the Saudi Air Force will have more fighter-bombers of more advanced models that the Israeli Air Force… Continue reading
A year ago this week, on January 25, 2011, the ground began to crumble under then-Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak’s feet… Continue reading
Prof. Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, deputy director of the first uranium enrichment facility at Natanz, was killed early Wednesday… Continue reading
China opposes expanded sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program according to leaked wikileaks cables… Continue reading
Despite threats from Iran to withdraw financial aid and training for militants… 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
Here’s an effort to bring together all of Obama’s regional policy into a single analysis and explaining everything… Continue reading
As we approach the end of the first year of what has been called the Arab Spring… Continue reading
A terrorist cell was recently exposed in Bahrain, which according to the Bahraini and… Continue reading
To preface, when it comes to global petroleum supplies, a distinction is drawn between… Continue reading
Jordan’s King Abdullah II arrived in Ramallah at very short notice for his first visit in more than a decade… Continue reading
Assad resisted Iranian arguments for closer bilateral coordination in Iraq and Yemen and flatly rejected being drawn into a war between Iran and Israel… Continue reading
The Assad regime suffered a major shock when self-styled “Free Syrian Army” deserters firing shoulder-borne rockets and… Continue reading
I think there is going to be less coordination with the West and therefore a chance of more misunderstandings… Continue reading
How could Qatar’s foreign policy best be defined during the Arab Spring… Continue reading
Critics have often argued that Western nations have been hypocritical in their policies towards Bahrain… Continue reading
Remember that Hillary Clinton ad about it being the early morning hours and the phone’s ringing in the White House… Continue reading
ABC News has broken a story about the disruption of a major Iran-backed terrorist plot to stage an attack on U.S. soil… Continue reading
The tempest which Israel had tensely anticipated for September in the wake of a Palestinian bid for unilateral UN recognition of their state… Continue reading
Since much of what I write about regional politics seems pessimistic… Continue reading
Iranian media have recently taken a critical stance on the change in Turkey’s policy towards Syria… Continue reading
There are two types of strategic perspectives in Israel today. They aren’t contradictory but they have different priorities… Continue reading
In the absence of U.S. leadership, others want to direct the Middle East… Continue reading
For the first time in its exceedingly long history, Yemen now threatens the outside world… Continue reading
President Obama’s Middle East and North Africa speech was met with skepticism in Iran, and said to be an expression of… Continue reading
I think I’ve made a breakthrough in understanding President Barack Obama’s foreign policy of punishing friends, rewarding enemies, and… Continue reading
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