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Kurds

Weekend Reading: The Independence of Iraqi Kurds, China in the Middle East, and Tunisia’s Forgotten Palaces

Reading selections for the weekend of August 11, 2017.

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook August 11, 2017 From the Potomac to the Euphrates
Middle East and North Africa

Tahrir Square, Six Years Later: A Conversation with Steven A. Cook

Zenko is joined by Steven A. Cook, CFR's Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies. They discuss Cook's latest book, False Dawn: Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East, and U.S. policy in the Middle East and North Africa.

Podcast with Micah Zenko and Steven A. Cook June 27, 2017 Power, Politics, and Preventive Action - Podcast
Tunisia

Weekend Reading: Truth and Dignity in Tunisia, Egypt's Island Controversy, and Ottoman Sports

Reading selections for the weekend of June 16, 2017.

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook June 16, 2017 From the Potomac to the Euphrates
Tunisia

Weekend Reading: Ben Ali’s Flight, the Nawari of Gaza, and Algeria’s Independence Reconsidered

Reading selections for the weekend of February 3, 2017.

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook February 3, 2017 From the Potomac to the Euphrates
Russia

Weekend Reading: Russia in the Levant, the Uprising in Alexandria, and Tunisians Look Back

Reading selections for the weekend of January 27, 2017.

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook January 27, 2017 From the Potomac to the Euphrates
Tunisia

Weekend Reading: Tunisian Economics, Assad and the Jihadis, and Palestinians in Egypt

Reading selections for the weekend of December 9, 2016.

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook December 9, 2016 From the Potomac to the Euphrates

Turkey

Weekend Reading: Tension in Turkey, Kuwait’s Election, and Reexamining Tunisian History

Reading selections for the weekend of December 2, 2016.

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook December 2, 2016 From the Potomac to the Euphrates
Tunisia

Weekend Reading: Tunisia’s Saints, Egyptians React to the U.S. Election, and the Battle for Mosul Pictured

Reading selections for the weekend of November 18, 2016.

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook November 18, 2016 From the Potomac to the Euphrates
Egypt

Thinking About Culture and the Middle East

Can observers incorporate culture into their analyses of the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy toward the region?

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook October 24, 2016 From the Potomac to the Euphrates
Syria

Weekend Reading: Syria’s Trauma, Tunisia’s Sayings, and Egypt’s Economic Woes

Reading selections for the weekend of October 7, 2016.

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook October 7, 2016 From the Potomac to the Euphrates
Tunisia

Weekend Reading: Tunisia’s Beggars, Post-Islamist Islamists, and Assyrians in Syria

Reading selections for the weekend of June 3, 2016.

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook June 3, 2016 From the Potomac to the Euphrates
Tunisia

Memorial Day Weekend Reading

Remembering the American troops who died in Tunisia during World War II this Memorial Day weekend.

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook May 27, 2016 From the Potomac to the Euphrates
Tunisia

Tunisia: On the Road to Nowhere

Some observations while traveling through Tunisia.

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook May 17, 2016 From the Potomac to the Euphrates
Tunisia

Tunisia: Saving Democracy in the Middle East? Really?

U.S. assistance to Tunisia might help advance the democratic promise of Tunisia's uprising only. It would not stimulate the democratization of the rest of the Middle East.

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook April 18, 2016 From the Potomac to the Euphrates
Egypt

Weekend Reading: Egypt’s Unions, Tunisia’s Youth, and Syria’s Protests

Reading selections for the weekend of March 11, 2016.

Blog Post by Steven A. Cook March 11, 2016 From the Potomac to the Euphrates

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