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A Better Dictator

If you have to live under an authoritarian regime, which kind is best?

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | MAY/JUNE 2012

Home Away From Homs

Syrians fleeing the violence have been left stranded in the no-man's land of refugee camps.

MARCH 7, 2012

A Revolution, with Qualifications

What the naysayers got right about the Arab Spring.

BY JAMES TRAUB | AUGUST 19, 2011

The Cynical Dairy Farmer's Guide to the New Middle East

How a couple of cows explain a changing region: equal opportunity offender edition.

BY KARIM SADJADPOUR | JUNE 15, 2011

Underground and in the Closet

The state of the gay Middle East.

BY DAVID KENNER | JUNE 15, 2011

Cairo 1.5

The Arab world that Barack Obama addressed in his famous speech two years ago is history. It's time for him to speak to the new one.

BY JAMES TRAUB | MARCH 4, 2011

Slash and Burn

Congressional Republicans are bent on all but eliminating the U.S. government's foreign aid budget. And Defense Secretary Robert Gates may be the only one who can stop them.

BY JAMES TRAUB | FEBRUARY 18, 2011

The Ripple Effect

From Algeria to Iran and the countries in between, a look at how revolution fever is spreading across the Middle East.

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

The Post-Tunisia World

Last week's upheaval showed that citizens of the Arab world are willing and able to overthrow their dictators -- and the Obama administration has to figure out how it will respond when they do.

BY JAMES TRAUB | JANUARY 21, 2011

The Next Tunisias

Five Arab states that are ripe for revolution.

JANUARY 19, 2011

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

The Forum for the Future was supposed to be an instrument of George W. Bush's Middle East freedom agenda. Seven years later, it embodies everything that was wrong with it -- and the Arab street is taking matters into its own hands.

BY JAMES TRAUB | JANUARY 14, 2011

The LWOT: Suicide bomber targets Sweden; Holder pushes back against criticism of stings

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | DECEMBER 14, 2010

The Silent Palestinian Refugee Crisis

Lebanon, which has long placed severe restrictions on the Palestinians in the country, may finally give them the rights they deserve.

BY TAYLOR LONG , ALISTAIR HARRIS | JULY 16, 2010

Bipartisan Spring

Washington may be deeply polarized on domestic matters, but when it comes to foreign affairs, a remarkable consensus is taking shape.

BY ROBERT KAGAN | MARCH 3, 2010

Can Abbas Save Fatah?

A convention in Bethlehem might be the Palestinian leader's last chance to save his dying party.

BY LUBNA TAKRURI | AUGUST 5, 2009

The Road to Reform

The Arab world must look both east and west for lessons on effective reform.

BY KING ABDULLAH II | NOVEMBER 1, 2004