Opinion

When Policies Collide: Security, Democracy and Re-Arming Egypt

Background   When long-time Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was swept out of office in 2011, he became one of the most consequential casualties of the Arab...

A Bloody Friday in Ramadan

  Some may link the Al-Sadiq Mosque bombing in Kuwait to the escalating sectarian tensions in the Gulf region—a direct result of the Khomeinist revolution...

The Worst Agreement in U.S. Diplomatic History

  In pursuit of his desire to make the Islamic Republic into an accepted, normalized “successful regional power,” Obama decided to take over the nuclear...

ISIS Unlikely to Be Defeated Soon, Boding Ill for Iraqi Christians

The demonstrated military and administrative capacity of ISIS, which proclaimed a worldwide caliphate this time last year, will hamper efforts to recover Mosul from...

Egypt’s Evolving Salafi Bloc Puritanism and Pragmatism in an Unstable Region

  Ultimately, with Arab states banding together to confront perceived sources of the region's spiraling instability, Salafi groups will be forced to choose between security...

Libya, Syria and Iraq: ISIL Expands While the World Is Still Searching for a Strategy

  Comparing the reality in the Middle East to some official statements in Washington that ISIL has lost momentum and is retreating, one should conclude...

Three Thoughts on the Notion of Genocide

  To answer this first question, I would suggest a short historical and etymological review to understand the purport of the term, which is rather...

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