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June 11, 2012

Syria
Syria: False Glimmers of Hope?

Yesterday there were two interesting Syria pieces in the Sunday papers.  The Washington Post ran a story by Liz Sly—who, by the way, has been killing it on Syria for months—about the increasing capac…

Syria-False-Glimmers-of-Hop
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

December 5, 2013

United States
This Week: Egypt’s Constitution, Iran’s Diplomacy, and Syria’s War Crimes

Significant Developments Egypt. Egypt’s Salafist Islamist party, al-Nour, announced its support today for the just completed draft constitution, despite an amendment that bans religiously based poli…

Amr Moussa, head of the assembly writing Egypt's new constitution,speaks after they finished their vote at the Shura Council in Cairo December 1, 2013 (Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Robert Danin Middle East Matters

December 13, 2011

United States
Middle East Matters: The Ten Most Significant Developments of 2011

Thousands of Egyptian anti-government protesters celebrate inside Tahrir Square after the announcement of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's resignation in Cairo on February 11, 2011 (Amr Abdallah Da…

Middle East Matters: The Ten Most Significant Developments of 2011
Blog Post by Robert Danin Middle East Matters

September 28, 2012

United States
Middle East Matters This Week: The UN Debates Amidst Regional Turbulence

Significant Middle East Developments Israel and Palestine. Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the UN General Assembly yesterday within minute…

Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu draws red line on graphic of bomb as he addresses 67th United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 28, 2012 (Jackson/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Robert Danin Middle East Matters

September 28, 2011

Egypt
The New Corrective Revolution?

  A trader reacts at the Egyptian Stock Exchange in Cairo (Amr Dalsh/Courtesy Reuters) Outside official circles in Washington these days there is a lot of talk about the Egyptian economy.  This is …

The New Corrective Revolution?
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates