Bernard Haykel
Syria’s Sectarian Stalemate
PRINCETON – What began in Syria as a revolt against an oppressive regime has evolved into a sectarian civil war and, more recently, into a p…
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Tamara Wittes, Tamara Wittes
The Egypt-Israel Peace Test
WASHINGTON, DC – The rocket strikes that a militant Islamist group recently fired from the Egyptian Sinai into the Israeli city of Eilat ser…
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Volker Perthes
The Changing Map of Middle East Power
BERLIN – The eruption of the Arab revolts in late 2010 and early 2011 put power relations among Middle Eastern countries in a state of flux,…
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Shahid Javed Burki
Pakistan’s Tipping Point
LAHORE – Pakistan’s moment of political truth is fast approaching. On May 11, some 40-50 million voters will elect a new national assembly. …
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Ribal al-Assad
Syria’s Hijacked Struggle
LONDON – As Syria’s civil war has progressed, the West’s views on arming the opposition have become increasingly confused, which reflects th…
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Bennett Ramberg
Syria’s Chemical Genie
LOS ANGELES – Since Syria’s civil war erupted, its large chemical-weapons arsenal has haunted the conflict zone and beyond. Now Israel says …
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Sinan Ulgen
Erdoğan’s Kurdish Gambit
ISTANBUL – Conflict in the Middle East threatens not only the security of many of its states, but also their continued existence. Syria, Ira…
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Yuliya Tymoshenko
The Iron Lady as Liberator
KHARKIV, UKRAINE – Prison is always a place of mourning. But perhaps learning of Margaret Thatcher’s death in this place is grimly appropria…
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Zhu Feng
North Korea’s Step Too Far?
BEIJING – After nearly a month of belligerent bluster from North Korea, China appears to have had enough, ending its silence about North Kor…
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Robert J. Barro, Rachel M. McCleary
Popes, Saints, and Religious Competition
CAMBRIDGE – The election of the first non-European pope is long overdue. After all, Pope Francis’s native region, Latin America, is currentl…
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