Is it significant that U.S. congressman John Yarmuth, a Kentucky Democrat who also happens to be Jewish, issued a statement Thursday saying he would not...
The stunning situation in Yemen, as the country’s foundations shake and slowly collapse, is an example of the structural weaknesses that plague many countries...
Jordan’s public opinion, political leadership and regional and international dynamics today offer very useful insights into the current condition of the Arab...
The contrast this week between political decisions by the governments in Tunisia, Bahrain and Egypt capture vividly the two available pathways for Arab...
The predictability of the sequence of events between Israel and Hezbollah in the last two weeks played out like clockwork. While there are some unknown...
Perhaps the most dramatic aspect of the succession in Saudi Arabia last week was how undramatic it was. The sixth such succession to a new monarch and crown...
The recent terror attacks in Paris and the killing or arrest of suspected terrorists in Belgium have clarified the dangerous reality of thousands of European...
The Israeli attack Sunday in the Syrian Golan Heights that killed Hezbollah and Iranian officials has understandably generated much speculation primarily...
Watch out, the Quartet is waking up and threatens to make a move. We should have mixed feelings about the news that the group – including the United Nations,...
Two things happened in Paris and Khartoum this week that portend bad times ahead for the Arab region and for relations between Arab and Muslim-majority...
The attack Wednesday against the French satirical publication Charlie Hebdo that killed 12 people has understandably sparked a massive outpouring of support...
The most dramatic development in the United States in recent months to my mind was the sustained nationwide protests against two related events: the deaths of...
The move by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to join the International Criminal Court and give it jurisdiction to investigate allegations of...
This week, which marks one year of detention in Egyptian jails for three Al-Jazeera television journalists, is an opportunity for Egyptians and all those who...
In the coming weeks, an important debate will take place at the U.N. Security Council on draft resolutions to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.We...
Is the global war on terror (GWOT) that the United States launched in 2011 after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks succeeding or failing? This would seem to be a...
We have learned much about the Arab world in the last four years, including the combination of heroism and criminal deviance dwelling deep within our...
This moment is about as American as it gets in the United States, from where I write. The exemplary release of a Senate Intelligence Committee investigation...
It is exasperating to listen to American officials pontificate about events in the Middle East and offer what sounds like reasonable proposals to resolve the...
The dramatic spontaneous outbreak of dozens of demonstrations across major cities in the United States protesting the police killings of black men captures...
Egypt has always been impossible to describe; now it is also impossible to analyze. The acquittal of former President Hosni Mubarak last weekend marks a...
One of the surprising aspects of following U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East from within the United States, as I have done for several months now on an...
This week’s extension in the negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 is a welcome jolt of composure and realism in a process that for years has been...
The escalating cycle of tensions in recent weeks, Israeli settlements expansion, murderous attacks by both Israelis and Palestinians, and reprisal demolitions...
One of the most fascinating issues that defines the Arab world today is the precarious status of half a dozen countries that run the risk of collapsing or...