Posts Tagged: middle east
Biden, Macron Agree to Coordinate on Middle East Peace, Iran
i24 News - US President Joe Biden and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron spoke over the phone, the Elysee Palace said on Sunday. During their first...
Post-Trump: Challenges and Opportunities in the Middle East
JNS.org - When the dust settles on the Trump presidency, historians will try to assess Donald Trump’s reshuffling of the Obama legacy toward the Middle...
Qatar’s Anti-Saudi Seeds of the Islamist Quartet
A recent episode involving Malaysia giving cover to a fugitive radical Salafist preacher from India wanted on money laundering charges, per request by Pakistan, sheds...
Comedians Understand the Middle East Better Than Experts
Nearly 20 years ago, comedian Larry Miller (not Dennis Miller, as some believe) explained the Mideast conflict better than any expert. He said: “Five hundred...
It’s Time to Shutter the Arab League
The Arab League is a union of 22 Arab-speaking Afro-Asian countries and four observers headquartered in Cairo, Egypt. The idea of such a League was offered...
Protesters Push Arab Militaries Off Their Pedestal
Long gone are the days when protesters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square chanted “the military and the people are one.” In 2011, the protesters managed to...
Denial of Citizenship as a Weapon of Repression in the Arab World
Yusuf Mehanna, a Kuwaiti citizen who was born in the emirate and lived there most of his life as a Muslim, now lives in Britain...
Scars on Middle East Landscape Bear Witness to Past Peace Failures
Talk of Middle East peace is in the air again, as politicians are set to gather in Bahrain to launch the latest in a long...
Young Arabs Want Less Religion in the Middle East
JNS.org - Results of a recent annual survey of Arab youth suggest that Arab autocracies have yet to deliver expected public services and goods, or explain...
Arab Power Struggles Are Alive, Well, and Thriving
Protesters in Algeria and Sudan are determined to prevent a repeat of Egypt, where a UAE- and Saudi-backed military officer rolled back the achievements of...
Why Are Egypt’s Sisi and Other Brutal Dictators Afraid of Soccer Fans?
Ali Issa Ahmad, a British soccer fan, lingered in jail in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) earlier this year for wearing a Qatari soccer jersey during...
In 2019, Israel Faces Dangers on Many Fronts
JNS.org - The coming year is likely to be one of uncertainty as Israel tries to walk the extremely fine line between the highly volatile...
The Complicated Truth About the US-Israel Alliance
JNS.org - It got lost in the middle of a wide-ranging interview in The Washington Post that made headlines for other reasons. But when US President Donald Trump said...
The Fragility of Middle East Alliances
Three recent developments lay bare the fragility of Middle Eastern alliances and a re-balancing of their priorities: the Russian-Turkish compromise on an assault on the rebel-held...
