Why Lebanon’s prime minister resigned Jeffrey Karam - November 8, 2017 [caption id="attachment_65978" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri resigned
What Saudi Arabia’s purge means for the Middle East Marc Lynch - November 6, 2017 International and domestic crises dominated Saudi Arabia over the weekend. On Saturday,
Iran’s involvement in Syria is costly. Here’s why most Iranians still support it. Peyman Asadzade - October 19, 2017 [caption id="attachment_65055" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Mourners escort the truck carrying the
How political science can shed light on the Holocaust Museum’s Syria report Matthew Cebul - October 17, 2017 [caption id="attachment_64973" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Smoke billows from buildings after a
Are Islamists making a comeback in the Middle East? Here’s why they succeed — and fail. Marc Lynch, Kristen Kao, and Ellen Lust - September 25, 2017 [caption id="attachment_63878" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A woman casts her ballot at
How 9/11 created a feedback loop for international jihadism Martha Crenshaw and Lisa Blaydes - September 22, 2017 [caption id="attachment_63827" align="aligncenter" width="960"] U.S. soldiers and Iraqi civilians pull
Venezuela’s instability has far broader implications. Here’s what’s at stake. Annette Idler - August 10, 2017 [caption id="attachment_56315" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A demonstrator throws stones at riot
Will Trump’s ‘principled realism’ let autocrats off the hook? Quinn Mecham - May 24, 2017 [caption id="attachment_58806" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump speaks during the Arab
Trump just bombed Syria. What next? Marc Lynch - April 7, 2017 [caption id="attachment_56528" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A satellite image of Shayrat Airfield
Turkey’s Kurdish conflict has surged again. Here is why. Mustafa Gurbuz - March 21, 2017 Erdoğan has changed his tune.