Ever since the state was formed in the 1920s, the struggle for Syria began. Hinging on the ups and downs of internal and regional power politics, the struggle...
When Francis Fukuyanna declared the “End of History” at the turn of the century, he certainly overlooked the Middle East, where history has had a future – and...
Just over a year ago Fouad Ajami passed away. On this sad anniversary he merits a belated word of appreciation. Ajami was my teacher in the 1980s at the Johns...
Since the downfall of the Ottoman Empire nearly a century ago, changes affecting the Middle East have largely originated outside the region.Only recently did...
Will the war between Israel and Hizbullah be the last armed conflict in Lebanon's long list of wars? These began in the South, when the post-1967 Palestine...
The recent parliamentary elections held in Lebanon in May and June came at a time of drastic change in postwar Lebanese politics. It was the first...
In the war years, whenever a car bomb exploded in Beirut, fighting escalated and the internal divide among Lebanese groups deepened. On February 14, the...
Hizbullah is sometimes cited as a positive example of how inclusion in the political process can moderate Middle Eastern Islamist parties. But it is less a...
Although Israel’s decision to withdraw its troops from south Lebanon by the end of July does not stem from good intentions, it is not a bluff, as many in...
The resumption of the peace talks between Syria and Israel in Washington after an interruption of almost four years is undoubtedly a welcome development for...
Lebanon’s Quest: The Road to Statehood is the sequel to Meir Zamir’s earlier work The Formation of Modern Lebanon (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1985). In...