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September 30, 2015

Tunisia
Assessing Tunisia's Opportunities and Challenges

Habib Essid discusses developments in Tunisia, and the current situation in the MENA region.

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Event by Habib Essid

August 18, 2014

United States
Washington Can’t Solve the Identity Crisis in Middle East Nations

I published the following piece in the Outlook section of Sunday’s Washington Post. I hope you find it interesting and useful! Yes, Nouri al-Maliki stubbornly refused to govern inclusively in Iraq. …

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

August 18, 2020

Conflict Prevention
Peace, Conflict, and COVID-19

The Center for Preventive Action has created this resource for those seeking information and analysis about the effects of COVID-19 on peace and conflict.

Three men wearing protective clothing and masks--two of whom have guns--stand guard in front of cars parked in the middle of a debris-ridden street during a twenty-four hour curfew in Sanaa, Yemen, on May 6, 2020.
Article by Center for Preventive Action Center for Preventive Action

January 8, 2013

United States
The Middle East in 2013: Don’t Count on It

It is finally the second week of January, meaning that the annual year-end/beginning lists and prognostications are mercifully behind us.  Some of these catalogues of best-worst and “what to expect” …

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

November 22, 2011

Egypt
The Miscalculations of Egypt’s Military

A protester throws a tear gas canister, which had earlier been thrown by riot police, near Tahrir Square in Cairo November 20, 2011 (Mohamed Abd El-Ghany/Courtesy Reuters). Please see below for my l…

A protester throws a tear gas canister, which had earlier been thrown by riot police, near Tahrir Square in Cairo November 20, 2011.
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates