Middle East
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
My Enemy, Myself
Who's your enemy? Why fight? Over the course of three years, Belgian-Tunisian photojournalist Karim Ben Khelifa has traveled to both sides of the world's longest-simmering conflicts to ask these pointed questions. What he heard from combatants in the Gaza Strip, the disputed Kashmir region along the India-Pakistan border, and tribally divided South Sudan captures the futility of wars that never end -- and can't be won. Tragically, bitter rivals are often fighting for the very same reasons.
PHOTOGRAPHS BY KARIM BEN KHELIFA | JANUARY 2, 2013
The Year the Arab Spring Went Bad
Hopes for a democratic Middle East have faltered amid sectarian animosities and ideological divisions. Did it have to be this way?
BY F. GREGORY GAUSE, III | DECEMBER 31, 2012
Was It a Good Year in Afghanistan?
Looking back at a troubling 2012 filled with progress and peril, it's hard to determine whether the United States is winning this war.
BY IAN LIVINGSTON, MICHAEL O’HANLON | DECEMBER 27, 2012
The Settlement That Broke the Two-State Solution
Ma'aleh Adumim symbolizes why Middle East peace may no longer be possible.
BY LARRY DERFNER | DECEMBER 26, 2012
Anatomy of an Air Attack Gone Wrong
In rural Yemen, a botched attack on a terror suspect kills 12 civilians and destroys a community.
BY LETTA TAYLER | DECEMBER 26, 2012
From Bread Lines to Front Lines
In the latest phase of Syria's civil war, civilians have become the targets.
BY STEVEN SOTLOFF | DECEMBER 24, 2012
9 Stories That Will Move Markets in 2013
From the U.S. deficit to Mideast turmoil, the issues that could have the biggest impact on the global economy in the coming year.
BY DANIEL ALTMAN | DECEMBER 24, 2012
The World War on Christmas
Five places where Santa really does have to watch his back.
BY ELIZABETH F. RALPH | DECEMBER 24, 2012
Exit the Conciliator
Will Iraq fall apart if its president dies?
BY PETER W. GALBRAITH | DECEMBER 21, 2012
All (Syrian) Politics Is Local
How jihadists are winning hearts and minds in Syria.
BY HASSAN HASSAN | DECEMBER 20, 2012
Syria's Time Is Running Out
The country tears itself further apart with each passing day. This is the moment to do something about it.
BY FREDERIC HOF | DECEMBER 19, 2012
The Most Dangerous Beat on Earth
Four brave journalists weigh in on what it's like to cover Syria.
DECEMBER 19, 2012
My Dinner with Jalal
Remembering better times with Iraq's stricken president.
BY PETER BOUCKAERT | DECEMBER 18, 2012
'These Guys Are Thugs'
Opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei speaks exclusively to Foreign Policy on the Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt's political crisis.
Interview by DAVID KENNER | DECEMBER 18, 2012
Keeping the Light On
Celebrating Hannukah with the last Jews in Egypt.
BY BEN GITTLESON | DECEMBER 17, 2012
Beating the Brotherhood
Egypt's long-suffering opposition is fighting back against the Islamist government. But can they get their act together in time?
BY EVAN HILL | DECEMBER 17, 2012
Don't Blame Obama for Syria
What's happening in Syria is a tragedy. But John Hannah needs to recognize that the civil war was never ours to win or lose.
BY AARON DAVID MILLER | DECEMBER 14, 2012
The Brothers and the Gulf
Why the Muslim Brotherhood has Gulf leaders worried -- now more than ever.
BY SULTAN AL QASSEMI | DECEMBER 14, 2012
Did Russia Just Throw Assad Under the Bus?
Not really. Watch what the Kremlin does, not what it says.
BY ANDREW S. WEISS | DECEMBER 13, 2012
After Abbas
The Palestinian president will either be toppled from his throne, or die on it. And that may be Hamas's chance to pounce.
BY JONATHAN SCHANZER | DECEMBER 13, 2012
All About the Benjamins
Why Bashar al-Assad won't go.
BY BRUCE BUENO DE MESQUITA, ALASTAIR SMITH | DECEMBER 12, 2012
Assad's War on the Red Crescent
Aid workers are caught in the crossfire of Syria's bloody revolt.
BY DAVID KENNER | DECEMBER 12, 2012
Rally 'Round the Jihadist
The Obama administration slapped a terrorist designation on Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra -- but only managed to spark an anti-U.S. backlash among anti-Assad groups.
BY AARON Y. ZELIN | DECEMBER 11, 2012
The Land of Topless Minarets and Headless Little Girls
A requiem for Syria.
BY AMAL HANANO | DECEMBER 11, 2012
The Extricator in Chief
Enough with the fantasies. Barack Obama's not going to reshape the world order in his second term.
BY AARON DAVID MILLER | DECEMBER 11, 2012
Keeping the Flame Alive
This Hanukkah, Israel doesn't have to worry about running out of oil.
BY FRANK JACOBS | DECEMBER 10, 2012
Missile Creep
Was giving Patriots to Turkey a step toward war in Syria?
BY AARON STEIN, SHASHANK JOSHI | DECEMBER 10, 2012
The indispensable nation's indispensable weapon
BY JAMES TRAUB
Why Obama hasn't exactly won the war on homegrown terrorism
BY JANE HARMAN
Did Turkey just become a little more like Texas?
BY MARYA HANNUN
Was the killing of a British soldier in London actually an act of terrorism?
BY H.A. HELLYER
WikiLeaks hits back at documentary with 'annotated transcript'
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
Mystery solved: John Kerry really ate turkey shwarma
BY MARYA HANNUN
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