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July 17, 2020

Wars and Conflict
Five Foreign-Policy Comedies Worth Watching

Each Friday this summer, we suggest foreign-policy-themed movies worth watching. This week: comedy movies.

Movie posters clockwise from the top left: To Be or Not to Be/Rotten Tomatoes; Ninotchka/IMDB; Good Morning, Vietnam/Amazon; Stripes/TV Guide; Three Kings/Rotten Tomatoes; The Death of Stalin/Amazon.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay and Margaret Gach The Water's Edge

September 19, 2012

United States
Hello, West? It Really Is About the Movie

My friend and tweep, Ramy Yaacoub, penned today’s post. He disagrees with my piece, Mohammed, KFC, and US. He argues that the protests in the Muslim world are actually about an offensive movie and di…

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Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

January 14, 2013

Israel
Voices From the Region: Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, UAE

“It’s a very big victory for the Islamic groups...They are the strongest in Syria now because the Western countries won’t help.” – The director of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Right…

Syrian rebels talk as they carry their weapons before heading to the front line in Aleppo on January 9, 2013 (Karam/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Robert Danin Middle East Matters

April 17, 2015

Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Weekend Reading: The Horrors of Yarmouk, IS Relief, Judicial Reform in Tunisia

Rami Alhames shows the disturbing situation in the Yarmouk Palestinian Refugee Camp. Hussam al-Jaber offers a glimpse into Deir al-Zor, Syria, under the self-proclaimed Islamic State’s harsh rules o…

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Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

July 25, 2014

Israel
Weekend Reading: Gaza

Eitan Chitayat on being under fire in Tel Aviv. Rami Almeghari on being under fire in Gaza. Gaza and the Israeli coast from outer space.

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Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates