Why Lebanon Is a Prisoner of Its Own Divisions
Sectarian divisions are a social and political reality in Lebanon. However, until recently, the polarization …
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The Peace to End All Peace: The Munich Ceasefire and the Coming of the Second Cold…
President Obama and his diplomats assured the world there was no military solution to the Syrian civil war, even…
Erdogan’s Balancing Act
As the new year unfolds, Turkey—under the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdogan—will continue to hold an increasingly…
A Weakened Saudi Arabia and Its Rift With Iran
After a rapid, and unfortunate, series of events that took place in the Middle East during the first weekend in…
How Hezbollah’s Involvement in Syria Sheds Light on the Beirut Attacks
On Thursday, November 12, a double suicide attack killed 43 people and injured hundreds in the predominantly Shiite…
How ISIS and Sunni Rage Remade the Middle East
The Bush White House’s decision to invade Iraq, overthrow Saddam Hussein’s Ba’athist dictatorship and…