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  • Middle East and North Africa
    How Erdogan Got His Groove Back
    It’s been a difficult and dizzying few months for Turkey—which is just the way the president likes it.
    by Steven A. Cook April 8, 2021 Middle East Program
  • 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
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    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
    In 2013, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Contingency Planning Memorandum "Political Instability in Jordan" warned that the biggest threat to the stability of the Hashemite Kingdom stemmed from…
    Contingency Planning Memorandum by Robert Satloff and David Schenker March 10, 2016 Center for Preventive Action
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    The World Next Week: February 18, 2016
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    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
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    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
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    Weekend Reading: Ramlat Bulaq, Bedouin Poetry, and the Islamic State vs. Israel
    Omnia Khalil reviews the struggles of everyday life in the Cairene neighborhood of Ramlat Bulaq. William Tamplin takes a look at Jordan’s most popular Bedouin poet and his use of verse to express Ar…
    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
    Read Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s full interview with Der Spiegel. Ishak Ibrahim takes a closer look at the threats facing Coptic Christians in Libya. Sara Obeidat argues that war is n…
    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
    Significant Developments Egypt. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced an agreement to jointly build Egypt’s first nuclear power plant on Tuesday duri…
    Blog Post by Robert M. Danin February 12, 2015 Middle East Matters
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    This Week: Jordan’s ISIS Battle and Egypt’s Crackdown
    Significant Developments Jordan-ISIS. King Abdullah returned to a warm welcome in Jordan today after cutting short his visit to Washington yesterday. Abdullah’s move followed the release by ISIS of …
    Blog Post by Robert M. Danin February 4, 2015 Middle East Matters
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    Jordan’s ISIS Challenge
    Today’s news and images of ISIS burning Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh to death in a cage comes just days after the group decapitated a second Japanese hostage. Such horrific murders provoke, shock…
    Blog Post by Robert M. Danin February 3, 2015 Middle East Matters
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    This Week: Hezbollah Attack, ISIS Rollback, and Jordan Hostage Standoff
    Israel-Lebanon. Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said today that Israel had received reports via the UN indicating Hezbollah does not plan further military strikes following its attack yesterday…
    Blog Post by Robert M. Danin January 29, 2015 Middle East Matters
  • Egypt
    Hostile Middle East Reactions to Today’s Charlie Hebdo Cover
    The French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo published its first issue today since gunmen stormed the magazine’s headquarters in Paris last Monday, killing twelve people. The new cover depicts the Pro…
    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
    Significant Developments Iran. Negotiators from Iran and the P5+1 countries hinted at a possible extension of the November 24 deadline for a nuclear deal, after three days of talks in Oman failed to…
    Blog Post by Robert M. Danin November 13, 2014 Middle East Matters
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