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February 7, 2013

United States
Middle East Matters This Week: Tunisia, Egypt, Iran, Syria, and More

Significant Developments Tunisia. Tunisia’s ruling Islamist party Ennahda rejected its own prime minister’s proposal today to form a new government of technocrats following the assassination yesterd…

A man cries next to a poster with an image of Chokri Belaid, a prominent Tunisian opposition politician who was shot dead, in Tunis February 7, 2013 (Souissi/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Robert Danin Middle East Matters

February 1, 2011

Defense and Security
Pakistan’s Growing Nuclear Arsenal

Armed soldiers stand guard outside Pakistan's army headquarters in Rawalpindi. (Faisal Mahmood/courtesy Reuters) The news coming out of Egypt has overshadowed another important story, the growth of …

Armed soldiers stand guard outside Pakistan’s army headquarters in Rawalpindi
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

May 25, 2016

Iran
No Surprise in Another Hard-Liner Victory in Iran

When the nuclear agreement with Iran was signed last year, one of the arguments for it was that it would help "moderates" in Tehran. And when Iran held parliamentary elections and elections for the c…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

April 12, 2012

Iran
Iran on Best Behavior

Iran is under remarkably tough sanctions and about to begin negotiations over its nuclear program. So how is it signaling its willingness to play by the rules and engage in serious dialogue? First c…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

January 25, 2013

Israel
Voices From the Region: Jordan, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Israel

“We don’t want old faces. We tried that…We are worried…We can help Jordan not go the same way as Syria and Egypt.” –Khalid Hammad, 28, a lawyer who voted in Amman, in support of a friend, a fellow la…

A man shows his ink-stained finger after voting at a polling station in Amman on January 23, 2013 (Hammad/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Robert Danin Middle East Matters