Middle East

Size Matters

The miniaturization of U.S. foreign policy.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Why Is the United States Subsidizing Iran?

It's a veritable international mystery: How did Washington end up funding its adversaries in Tehran?

BY FREDERICK STARR | FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Syria's Secular Revolution Lives On

Islamist radicals may be gaining strength, but the spirit that sparked this uprising survives in the unlikeliest of places.

BY OMAR HOSSINO | FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Tehranimal Farm

How George Orwell explains Iran.

BY ROLAND ELLIOTT BROWN | FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Second Time's the Charm?

Congratulations, John Kerry. You own the peace process now. Here's how not to screw it up.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The U.N.'s Deal With the Devil

The United Nations needs to work with President Bashar al-Assad's regime to provide aid to the Syrian people. But is it inadvertently funding the government's killing machine?

BY SAKHR AL-MAKHADHI | FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Live, from Beirut...

Watching TV with Hezbollah.

BY MITCHELL PROTHERO | JANUARY 31, 2013

The Republic of Port Said

An insurrection along the Suez Canal represents the greatest threat yet to the Muslim Brotherhood's rule in Egypt.

BY EVAN C. HILL | JANUARY 30, 2013

Israel's New Kingmaker

Yair Lapid's critics have dismissed the former TV personality as vapid and uninformed. They couldn't be more wrong.

BY NERI ZILBER | JANUARY 29, 2013

Saving Syrians, One Blanket at a Time

How I became a one-man aid worker in the world's deadliest war zone.

BY WIJBE ABMA | JANUARY 29, 2013

Think Again: The Muslim Brotherhood

How did so many Western analysts get Egypt's Islamist movement so wrong?

BY ERIC TRAGER | JANUARY 28, 2013

Buzz Bomb

Why everyone's wrong about Assad's zombie gas.

BY JEFFREY LEWIS | JANUARY 25, 2013

Nation-Building in the Classroom

Has President Obama given up too soon on hopes for fixing Afghanistan?

BY JAMES TRAUB | JANUARY 25, 2013

Covering the Syrian Catastrophe

The 22-month civil war is even worse than the headlines make it seem.

BY LARA SETRAKIAN | JANUARY 25, 2013

The Revolution Continues

Egypt is witnessing the slow-motion collapse of a stagnant and brutal political order.

BY CHARLES HOLMES | JANUARY 25, 2013

America's Saudi Problem

Obama can't get it right on the Arab Spring unless he holds Saudi Arabia to account.

BY MARC LYNCH | JANUARY 24, 2013

Israel's January Surprise

The pundits were wrong: Israeli voters aren't lurching to the right.

BY JONATHAN SCHANZER | JANUARY 23, 2013

Learning to Live with Bibi

Netanyahu's back, and Barack Obama needs to find a way to work with him this time around.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | JANUARY 23, 2013

The Man Who Brought Down Bibi

Benjamin Netanyahu finds himself besieged by a resurgent Israeli left and an old ally-turned-rival on the right.

BY NICOLAS PELHAM | JANUARY 23, 2013

Obama's Moment of Truth on Iran

Congratulations, Mr. President. Now it's time to make good on your promise to engage Iran.

BY REZA MARASHI | JANUARY 22, 2013

Building Blocks

The obsession that is preventing a nuclear deal with Iran.

BY YOUSAF BUTT | JANUARY 22, 2013

Seizing the Moment

The world’s leading nations are convening a meeting on the fight against corruption. Here’s what they ought to be discussing.

BY LAURENCE COCKCROFT | JANUARY 22, 2013

Missing Peace

Israelis aren't rejecting the peace process this election season. They're acknowledging that a solution is impossible without a credible Palestinian partner.

BY DOUGLAS J. FEITH | JANUARY 21, 2013

Chemical Reaction

How the United States should deal with Assad.

BY MICHAEL EISENSTADT | JANUARY 18, 2013

Rise of the Annexers

In Israel's heated electoral politics, peace is becoming a fringe position.

BY LARRY DERFNER | JANUARY 18, 2013

Should Obama Have Intervened in Syria?

Or would U.S. military involvement merely have made a disaster worse?

BY MARC LYNCH | JANUARY 17, 2013

Suiting Up

What the United States is doing to prepare for chemical war in Syria.

BY R. JEFFREY SMITH, THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY | JANUARY 17, 2013

Tight Times in the Grand Bazaar

Are Iranians really feeling the pinch of U.S. and international sanctions on their economy?

BY SUNE ENGEL RASMUSSEN | JANUARY 16, 2013

Lost Tribes

This Israeli election is not about Bibi. It's about nothing.

BY DANIEL LEVY | JANUARY 15, 2013

Party in the KSA

Behind high walls, the kingdom's restrictive Islamic laws don't apply.

BY AHMED AL OMRAN | JANUARY 14, 2013