Middle East

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

Syrian Purgatory

As winter clutches northern Syria, thousands displaced by the civil war take cold comfort in a temporary tent city.

BY STEVEN SOTLOFF | JANUARY 14, 2013

There's No App for Syria

Why did Apple ban a game on the Syrian civil war?

BY MICHAEL PECK | JANUARY 11, 2013

The Most Hated Woman in Israel

Haneen Zoabi has made her career speaking up for Israel's Arab minority. In Benjamin Netanyahu's Israel, that's becoming harder each day.

BY LARRY DERFNER | JANUARY 11, 2013

Does Obama Have a Middle East Strategy?

If not, what should it be?

BY MARC LYNCH | JANUARY 10, 2013

The Three-State Solution

Are we witnessing a historic shift toward Palestinian unity? Don't bet on it.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | JANUARY 9, 2013

A 'Zero Option' for Afghanistan

Yes, President Karzai, we might pull out completely.

BY DAVID W. BARNO | JANUARY 7, 2013

No Surrender

The Syrian president’s speech at the Damascus Opera House shows that he still thinks he can win this war.

BY EMILE HOKAYEM | JANUARY 7, 2013

The Palestinian Implosion

Salam Fayyad's bold effort to build Palestinian institutions could soon collapse -- unless Israel and the United States spring to action.

BY ZIAD ASALI, GHAITH AL-OMARI | JANUARY 3, 2013

A Cluster Bomb Killed My Father

It's time to outlaw these dangerous weapons once and for all.

BY NADIM MATTA | JANUARY 3, 2013

Unholy Alliances

Israel's election is bringing together some strange bedfellows.

BY NOAH EFRON | JANUARY 3, 2013

Cursed With Plenty

America is on the verge of an energy boom. But will abundant shale gas create more problems than it fixes? 

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | JANUARY 2, 2013