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October 17, 2011

Jordan
Jordan’s Government Shaken Up, Not Stirred

Awn Khasawneh (pictured on left) accompanies Jordan's late king Hussein in Amman in this photo taken in 1993 (Ali Jarekji/Courtesy Reuters). On Friday, I suggested that a key indicator of Jordan’s f…

Jordan’s Government Shaken Up, Not Stirred
Blog Post by Robert Danin Middle East Matters

November 4, 2011

Iran
Weekend Reading: Egypt vs. Tunisia, Turkey’s Constitution, and Between Ankara and Tehran

A woman prays inside the Mevlana museum in Konya (Osman Orsal/Courtesy Reuters) Bahey el-Din Hassan compares Egypt and Tunisia at their respective stages of post-uprising politics. Murat Yetkin…

Weekend Reading: Egypt vs. Tunisia, Turkey’s Constitution, and Between Ankara and Tehran
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

December 30, 2011

Middle East Matters This Week: Escalating U.S.-Iranian Tensions in the Gulf

Iranian military personnel participate in the Velayat-90 war game in an unknown location near the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran on December 30, 2011 (Hamed Jafarnejad/Courtesy Reuters). Signific…

Middle East Matters This Week: Escalating U.S.-Iranian Tensions in the Gulf
Blog Post by Robert Danin Middle East Matters

January 12, 2012

United States
Iranian Scientists and U.S. Targeted Killings

Driving in rush hour traffic yesterday morning in Tehran, Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, chemical engineer and department supervisor at the Natanz uranium enrichment plant, was killed. Reportedly, two men on…

Bomb blast Tehran
Blog Post by Micah Zenko Politics, Power, and Preventive Action

January 16, 2012

Iran
How Not To React To Provocations From Iran

If there is any chance of avoiding a military confrontation with Iran or the Iranian acquisition of nuclear weapons, that chance will be the product of very resolute American policy toward Iran. In t…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points