A sweeping narrative account of the last five years in the Middle East and a timely argument of how and why the Arab uprisings failed.
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Politics and Government
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Steven A. Cook discusses his new book, False Dawn: Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East.
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Experts discuss the legacy of the 1967 Six Day War, its influence on U.S. policy in the Middle East for the last fifty years, and the prospects of negotiating a lasting Arab-Israeli peace deal.
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Reading selections for the weekend of May 26, 2017.
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Iranians are heading to the polls this Friday to decide Iran’s next president: incumbent Hassan Rouhani or his challenger Ebrahim Raisi. A victory for Raisi could mean he is being tested out for a potential run at being Iran’s next supreme leader.
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The events of the 2016 U.S. election demonstrate that more high-level political action is required to manage real and perceived cyber vulnerabilities in election systems.
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Michael Fullilove and Robin Niblett join CFR's James M. Lindsay and Robert McMahon in examining how America's allies view the Trump presidency.
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The dismissal of FBI Director James Comey raises concerns about the government’s ability to investigate Russian meddling in U.S. elections, and the broader national security role of the agency.
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Saudi Arabia’s stability is not under immediate threat, but questions about the Kingdom’s fate in longer-term will persist.