December 11, 2013
EgyptThe Sinai Peninsula has in recent years become a haven for transnational crime and Islamist militancy, posing new security challenges to Egypt and Israel.
June 29, 2010
ReligionThe Obama administration sees the Organization of the Islamic Conference as a venue through which to court Muslims globally, but the group’s controversial positions on some issues could pose problems.
June 2, 2008
Middle East and North AfricaTrade between China and the Gulf Cooperation Council has spiked in recent years, with potentially broad economic and geopolitical consequences.
October 20, 2005
PeacekeepingThis publication is now archived. IntroductionThe decision by the Arab League to empower its secretary-general, the former Egyptian foreign minister Amr Moussa, to organize a conference on national r…
November 9, 2005
EgyptThis publication is now archived. What are the elections for?Voters head to the polls November 9 in Cairo and seven other Egyptian provinces in the first of three rounds of balloting for the 444 seat…
February 17, 2005
International OrganizationsThis publication is now archived. Who serves on the U.N. reform panel?Members of the High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change, created by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan in November 2003…
September 9, 2005
Race and EthnicityThis publication is now archived. IntroductionRelations between Iraq and its Arab neighbors have worsened in recent weeks, highlighted by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani’s September 5 criticism of Ara…