Arab World

Really Desperate Housewives

It's a hard life for the women of husbands fighting in the Syrian rebel army.

BY TANYA HABJOUQA | JULY 11, 2012

Moscow's Marines Head for Syria

The Russians have dispatched a naval task force to Syria. As if the place wasn't enough of a mess already.

BY MARK KATZ | JULY 10, 2012

Train Wreck Along the Nile

The battle over Egypt's parliament is more than just a legislative disaster. It's a legal nightmare.

BY NATHAN J. BROWN | JULY 10, 2012

The World in Photos This Week

Scientists discover the Higgs boson, fireworks around the globe, and refugees flee to South Sudan.

JULY 6, 2012

The Women of Tahrir Square Fight Back

The revolution in Egypt isn’t over -- at least as long as female revolutionaries have anything to say about it.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JULY 5, 2012

Arafatuous

Al Jazeera's new investigation into the not-so-mysterious death of Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat is little more than baseless speculation.

BY HUSSEIN IBISH | JULY 5, 2012

Reach Out to Morsy

Egypt's new president may be no moderate, but he deserves a chance to prove he's no enemy.

BY YOSSI BEILIN | JULY 2, 2012

A Hollow Victory

Yemen's new president claims to have driven al Qaeda from its strongholds. But Yemenis fear the militants will be back.

BY ADAM BARON | JULY 2, 2012

Disorganized Like a Fox

Why it's a great thing that the Syrian opposition is fragmented.

BY ELIZABETH O'BAGY | JUNE 29, 2012

The Court of Last Resort

Will the ICC's next decade see the court expand the stop-start gains of its first 10 years?

BY RICHARD DICKER | JUNE 29, 2012

Containing the Islamist Revolution

The next American president would be naïve to think that the uprisings sweeping the Middle East will be good for America. It's time to retrench and protect U.S. interests from the Islamist tidal wave.

BY EPHRAIM SNEH | JUNE 28, 2012

Rumblings in Sudan

Anti-regime riots have swept through the authoritarian country, but is an Arab Spring really coming?

BY DEMOCRACY LAB | JUNE 27, 2012

If at First You Don't Succeed…

The Palestinians are having another go at the United Nations. Will this time be as disastrous as the last?

BY JONATHAN SCHANZER | JUNE 27, 2012

Turkey's Not Messing Around Anymore

But does Prime Minister Erdogan have a plan for what comes next in Syria?

BY JUSTIN VELA | JUNE 27, 2012

Sudan Needs a Revolution

The protest movement against Omar al-Bashir is growing -- fast -- and it needs the world’s support.

BY AMIR AHMAD NASR | JUNE 26, 2012

Covering Up

If the kingdom's top woman can't keep her story straight about whether she wears the veil, what are other Saudi women supposed to do?

BY AHMED AL OMRAN | JUNE 25, 2012

Why Is the U.S. Selling Billions in Weapons to Autocrats?

The export of American arms to countries around the world -- even those actively repressing their own citizens -- is booming.

BY ZACH TOOMBS, R. JEFFREY SMITH, CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY | JUNE 21, 2012

The Martyrdom of Al Qusayr

Images from photojournalist Robert King’s recent visit to a Syrian community under siege.

JUNE 21, 2012

"The Wounded Will Be Killed"

An American photojournalist describes what he saw during the month he spent in a Syrian village under siege.

BY ROBERT KING | JUNE 21, 2012

What Russia Gave Syria

A guide to Bashar al-Assad's arsenal.

BY DAVID KENNER | JUNE 21, 2012

The Pharaoh's Legacy

As Hosni Mubarak lies on his deathbed, he leaves behind a broken Egypt.

BY STEVEN A. COOK | JUNE 19, 2012

The Coming Oil Crash

Good news! Gas prices could go down to $2 a gallon by autumn -- and that's bad news for Vladimir Putin.

BY STEVE LEVINE | JUNE 19, 2012

The Underestimated Prince Nayef

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince is dead. He will be missed far more than most observers of the kingdom will admit.

BY MICHAEL STEPHENS | JUNE 18, 2012

Good Riddance

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Nayef was a menace. We should be happy he's gone, but worried about the aging House of Saud he leaves behind.

BY SIMON HENDERSON | JUNE 18, 2012

Change Is the Only Constant

This year's Failed States Index might look like it's more of the same, but a few wild swings tell us some surprising things.

BY J. J. MESSNER | JUNE 18, 2012

How Is Energy Remaking the World?

To navigate the complicated new politics of oil and gas, FP asked the author of The Quest and leading U.S. energy historian to help shape our latest survey -- and guide us through the results.

BY DANIEL YERGIN | JULY/AUGUST 2012

Are All States Failing States?

Every unstable country is unstable in its own way.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | JULY/AUGUST 2012

What's Wrong with Pakistan?

Why geography -- unfortunately -- is destiny for South Asia's troubled heartland.

BY ROBERT D. KAPLAN | JULY/AUGUST 2012

Was the Arab Spring Worth It?

The people of the Middle East have paid a steep price to overthrow their dictators.

BY HUSSEIN IBISH | JULY/AUGUST 2012

The Dictator Hunter's Wanted List

9 former autocrats and bad guys that should be made to pay for their crimes.

BY REED BRODY | JUNE 18, 2012