January 11, 2019
Middle East and North AfricaThe central takeaway from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s Cairo speech is that the United States needs to rely more on allies to stabilize the Middle East.
February 13, 2019
Middle East and North AfricaWhat a late-night meal in Italy taught me about U.S. power in the Arab world.
February 13, 2019
Middle East and North AfricaWhat a late-night meal in Italy taught me about American Exceptionalism in the Arab world.
December 3, 2018
TurkeyFor political activists in the Muslim world, it's not just the economy, stupid.
November 1, 2018
Donald TrumpWhat has been the effect of two years of Trump policy in the Middle East? In the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz (and behind their pay wall), I argue that: When Donald Trump arrived in office U.S. in…
February 16, 2019
World OrderLeading global figures have released a new "Declaration of Principles for Freedom, Prosperity, and Peace." Call it Atlantic Charter 2.0.
February 15, 2019
TaiwanForty years of finessing Taiwan’s status may be coming to a dangerous end.
February 12, 2019
West AfricaEach year, the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) issues Ten Conflicts to Worry About, [PDF] a report flagging serious conflicts that are often underreported. The Sahel was listed as the region “most likely to be the geopolitical dilemma of 2019.”
October 5, 2018
EthiopiaEthiopia’s new leader, Abiy Ahmed, is seeking aggressive reforms to put an end to discord and build on the country’s progress in recent decades, but a towering set of challenges threatens his agenda.
February 11, 2019
IranSince the shah’s ouster in February 1979, Iran’s Islamic regime has been propelled by Ayatollah Khomeini’s revolutionary vision and underpinned by its animus toward the United States.