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Commitment Issues

Robert Satloff and Ian S. Lustick respond to Mara Karlin and Tamara Cofman Wittes' essay "America's Middle East Purgatory" and debate the United States' commitments in the Middle East.

Robert Satloff, Ian S. Lustick, Mara Karlin, and Tamara Cofman Wittes

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U.S. Foreign Policy May/June 2019 Response

Commitment Issues

Robert Satloff and Ian S. Lustick respond to Mara Karlin and Tamara Cofman Wittes' essay "America's Middle East Purgatory" and debate the United States' commitments in...

Robert Satloff, Ian S. Lustick, Mara Karlin, and Tamara Cofman Wittes

Ideology Dec 7, 2018 Snapshot

The Rise of Islamic Soft Power

Muslim governments, even relatively secular and progressive ones, have a powerful incentive to deploy "Islamic soft power."

Peter Mandaville and Shadi Hamid

A poster of Sisi in downtown Cairo, with the al-Azhar Mosque in the background, May 2014.

U.S. Foreign Policy January/February 2019 Essay

America’s Middle East Purgatory

The United States exists in a kind of Middle Eastern purgatory—too distracted by regional crises to pivot to other global priorities but not invested enough to move...

Mara Karlin and Tamara Cofman Wittes

Leaving on a jet plane: an F-18 on its way to the Persian Gulf, March 2017

Middle East Oct 31, 2018 List

How to Understand Upheaval in the Middle East

Domestic Discord and Regional Rivals

Turkey Oct 26, 2018 Snapshot

What’s at Stake for Erdogan in the Khashoggi Affair?

The Khashoggi affair comes at a bad time for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is facing economic troubles and tension with Europe and Washington. But...

Gonul Tol

Turkish police forensics experts leave from the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, October 16, 2018

Sisi Oct 22, 2018 Snapshot

To Stop Sisi, Strengthen Egypt’s Judiciary

Rights groups and others have called for Sisi to allow competitive elections, but his regime is unlikely to accede to such demands. Activists and governments would be...

Bruce Rutherford

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends a military ceremony in Paris, France, November 2014

Strategy & Conflict Oct 18, 2018 Snapshot

Not His Father’s Saudi Arabia

Khashoggi's death has made the need to reassess the US-Saudi relationship urgent and unavoidable.

Daniel Benjamin

Forensic officials arrive to examine the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, October 2018.

Security November/December 2018 Essay

Confronting Iran

The U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, lays out the Trump Administration's foreign policy towards Iran.

Michael R. Pompeo

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during the United Against Nuclear Iran Summit on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 2018.

Political Economy November/December 2018 Essay

The Next Arab Uprising

The fundamental bargain underpinning stability in Middle Eastern states is coming undone. Unless regional leaders move quickly to strike new bargains with their...

Marwan Muasher

Police detain a protester in Amman, Jordan, June 2018

Middle East Sep 13, 2018 Snapshot

Iraq's Next War

Another conflict may be coming in Iraq. This time, it will be between the powerful, resource-rich, and battle-hardened Shiite rival factions that dominate the...

Ranj Alaaldin

An Iraqi protester gestures in front of the burnt Iranian Consulate in Basra, Iraq on September 7, 2018

Middle East Sep 12, 2018 Snapshot

Do Palestinians Still Support the Two-State Solution?

Seen through the prism of public opinion, the two-state solution is clearly not dead. But the continued construction of Israeli settlements is making it seem...

Khalil Shikaki

A Palestinian demonstrator gestures as an Israeli border police officer throws a sound grenade during a protest agasint Israeli settlement construction, in the village of Ras Karkar, near Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, August 2018

Security Aug 24, 2018 Snapshot

A Brief History of Iranian Fake News

Iranian disinformation campaigns are as old as the Islamic Republic itself.

Ariane M. Tabatabai

Human Rights Aug 7, 2018 Snapshot

The Quiet Threat to Human Rights in Tunisia

Tunisia has seen several major human rights victories in recent years, mostly thanks to the efforts of civil society organizations (CSOs). But a recent law passed by...

Sarah E. Yerkes

Protestors shout slogans during a march demanding equal inheritance rights for women: Tunis, Tunisia, March 2018

Ideology September/October 2018 Review Essay

Muslim Brothers

Gamal Abdel Nasser and Sayyid Qutb are usually remembered as bitter enemies and representatives of two sides of Egypt's most intractable political divide. But in his...

Shadi Hamid

The Best of 2018 September/October 2018 Essay

The New Arab Order

The 2011 Arab uprisings may not have created new democracies across the Middle East as many hoped they would, but they did fundamentally reshape regional relations. In...

Marc Lynch

Security Jul 26, 2018 Snapshot

How the U.S. Is Empowering Iran in Yemen

If Washington wants to counter Iranian influence in Yemen, it needs to end its support for the Saudi-led coalition and throw its weight behind peace talks.

Daniel Byman

A man reacts at the site of a Saudi-led air strike in Yemen's capital Sanaa.

Middle East Jun 27, 2018 Snapshot

The New Front in Yemen

A successful assault on the Yemen's biggest port would change the course of the war, but it could come at a steep cost.

Peter Salisbury

People displaced by the fighting over Hodeidah at an IDP registration center in Sanaa, June 2018

Middle East Jun 11, 2018 Snapshot

How Qatar Weathered the Gulf Crisis

Although the embargo is still in place, Qatar has proved more resilient than most people anticipated.

Kristian Coates Ulrichsen

Military helicopters flying over Doha during Qatar National Day, 2015

Politics & Society Jun 7, 2018 Snapshot

The Conflicted Legacy of Bernard Lewis

Bernard Lewis, historian of the Middle East, was widely misunderstood. But no other person in our time has done as much to inform and influence the West’s view of the...

Martin Kramer

U.S. Foreign Policy May 9, 2018 Snapshot

Is Washington Too Focused on Iran's Nuclear Program?

For nearly a decade, the nuclear question has crowded out serious deliberations over a broader policy toward Iran.

Michael Singh

A man carries a giant flag made of flags of Iran, Palestine, Syria and Hezbollah, during a ceremony marking the 37th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, in Tehran, February 2016.

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What’s at Stake for Erdogan in the Khashoggi Affair?

To Stop Sisi, Strengthen Egypt’s Judiciary

Not His Father’s Saudi Arabia

Confronting Iran

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