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September 19, 2013

United States
This Week: Syria, Iran, and Israeli-Palestinian Diplomacy; Violence in Egypt

Syria. Diplomats in New York appeared stymied in their efforts to craft a new United Nations Security resolution calling for the removal of Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal. The Security Council bega…

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) speaks next to U.N. Special Representative Lakhdar Brahimi (C) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov after a meeting discussing the ongoing problems in Syria at the United Nations offices in Geneva September 13, 2013 (Downing/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Robert Danin Middle East Matters

November 13, 2012

Military Operations
Drone Cartoons: The Elite Eight

For your amusement, see below for the top eight print or online cartoons about drones. This list was based upon a totally unscientific process of sifting through hundreds of similar cartoons produced…

Drone Cartoons: The Elite Eight
Blog Post by Micah Zenko Politics, Power, and Preventive Action

August 24, 2015

What Do Jerusalem Arabs Want?

It is conventional wisdom that all Palestinians seek, above all else, a Palestinian state. This is a reasonable conclusion to draw, although polls over the years have suggested that it may well be in…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

April 14, 2011

Middle East and North Africa
The Amir’s TV Station

Qatar's Amir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani on December 2, 2010. (Louafi Larbi/Courtesy Reuters) The president’s meeting today with the Amir of Qatar offers a timely opportunity to take stock o…

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani on December 2, 2010.
Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

June 5, 2015

Iraq
Weekend Reading: Debunking Iraq’s Myth, Demolishing History in Egypt, and Biking Syria’s Civil War

Sara Pursley, in a two-part report on Jadaliyya, debunks the myth of Iraq as an artificial state. Mahmoud Riad protests the demolition of the National Democratic Party’s headquarters in Cairo. Ahma…

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