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Resource Guides
A lot of difficult questions and topics linger on the subject of Islam and often times it isn’t easy to find resources capable of addressing these difficult topics fairly. Muslims ...
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What the Region Is Talking About
Egypt Facing a Two-Front Challenge as Conflict in Libya and Disagreements With Ethiopia Heat Up
Following the failure of Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA), Turkey, and Turkish-backed militias to respond positively to the Cairo Declaration calling for a negotiated and peaceful resolution of the ...
What the Region Is Talking About
UAE Ambassador to the U.S. Yousef Al-Otaiba’s Warning Against Israeli Annexation Plans
On June 12, UAE ambassador to the United States Yousef Al Otaiba authored an op-ed warning the Israeli government against moving forward with its annexation plans, while offering the possibility ...
Journal
Iran after Khamenei: Prospects for Political Change
In 2018, after the suppression of the Green Movement following the disputed presidential election of 2009, Iran witnessed another wave of uprisings.
Russia in Syria: An Unequivocal Return to the Middle East?
This article argues that President Putin's securitization agenda stems from the second Chechen War and is far more pragmatic concerning Russian engagement in the Middle East than former Soviet policies.
Turkey and Syria: When "Soft Power" Turned Hard
The onset of the so-called Arab Spring in late 2010 took governments around the world by surprise, and Turkey's Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi, AKP) government was no exception.
Book Reviews
It has been almost 20 years since the term “crony capitalism” began to be applied to Middle Eastern political economies and the initial qualitative research undertaken to describe the phenomenon. Cronyism predated neoliberal economic reforms in the Middle East associated with the wave of globaliz
This pithy study examines why the Turkish-PKK peace process between January 2013 and July 2015 failed.
Populism is a powerful force in contemporary politics around the world. Populist movements provide mass support for anti-democratic authoritarianism and rightist nationalism as well as for pro-democracy movements to overthrow dictators and authoritarian systems.