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Middle East and North Africa

Weekend Reading: Kurds in a State, Jordan and the GCC, and Muqtada al-Sadr's Next Act

Reading selections for the weekend of June 23, 2017.

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook June 23, 2017 From the Potomac to the Euphrates
Middle East and North Africa

Weekend Reading: Kurdish Linguistics, Egypt’s Repressive Complacency, and Music and Pluralism in Jordan

Reading selections for the weekend of April 29, 2016.

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook April 29, 2016 From the Potomac to the Euphrates
Libya

Weekend Reading: Lights Out in Libya, Jordan’s Brothers, and Alaa’s Tax Shelters

Reading selections for the weekend of April 8, 2016.

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook April 8, 2016 From the Potomac to the Euphrates
Jordan

Growing Stress on Jordan

Contingency Planning Memorandum by Robert Satloff and David Schenker March 10, 2016 Center for Preventive Action
Global

The World Next Week: February 18, 2016

Twin elections are held in Iran; the next U.S. presidential nomination events take place; and Jordan's King Abdullah visits the White House.

Podcast with James M. Lindsay and Robert McMahon February 18, 2016 The World Next Week
Turkey

Winter Storm Reading

Snow- and Middle East–themed reading for this weekend's winter storm.

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook January 22, 2016 From the Potomac to the Euphrates

Terrorism and Counterterrorism

Weekend Reading: Ramlat Bulaq, Bedouin Poetry, and the Islamic State vs. Israel

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook November 13, 2015 From the Potomac to the Euphrates
Egypt

Weekend Reading: Sisi Speaks, Libya’s Copts, and Vengeance in Jordan

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook February 13, 2015 From the Potomac to the Euphrates
United States

This Week: Egypt Seeks Nukes, ISIS Gets Escalation, and U.S.-Iran Shun Extensions

Blog Post by Robert M. Danin February 12, 2015 Middle East Matters
United States

This Week: Jordan’s ISIS Battle and Egypt’s Crackdown

Blog Post by Robert M. Danin February 4, 2015 Middle East Matters
United States

Jordan’s ISIS Challenge

Blog Post by Robert M. Danin February 3, 2015 Middle East Matters
United States

This Week: Hezbollah Attack, ISIS Rollback, and Jordan Hostage Standoff

Blog Post by Robert M. Danin January 29, 2015 Middle East Matters
Egypt

Hostile Middle East Reactions to Today’s Charlie Hebdo Cover

Blog Post by Robert M. Danin January 14, 2015 Middle East Matters
United States

This Week: Iran Negotiations, Jordan-Israel Crisis Talks, and New Syria Truce Proposal

Blog Post by Robert M. Danin November 13, 2014 Middle East Matters
Middle East and North Africa

Why Did Hamas Provoke a War?

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams July 9, 2014 Pressure Points