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September 13, 2018

Women and Women's Rights
Twenty-Five Years Since the Oslo Accords: Tzipi Livni and Zahira Kamal on Women’s Contributions to Peace

The Five Questions Series is a forum for scholars, government officials, civil society leaders, and foreign policy practitioners to provide timely analysis of new developments related to the advancem…

Palestinian and Israeli women march together near the Jordan River, as part of an event organized by "Women Wage Peace," which calls for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. October 8, 2017.
Blog Post by Jamille Bigio Women Around the World

March 13, 2018

Authoritarianism
Strongmen Are Weaker Than They Look

Authoritarians are on the rise around the world, but history shows they’re mostly helpless.

Cars pass by a poster of Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for the upcoming presidential election, in Cairo, Egypt, February 19, 2018. The writing on the poster reads: "Long live Egypt". REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

February 8, 2018

Turkey
General Erdogan’s First War

Turkey’s Islamist president is the first civilian with control over his country’s military—and you can tell by the results.

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

January 24, 2018

Turkey
The Entirely Rational Basis for Turkey's Move Into Syria

Nearly a century of mistrust of America and an obsession with defeating the Kurds sparked its operation in Afrin.

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

June 23, 2017

Middle East and North Africa
Weekend Reading: Kurds in a State, Jordan and the GCC, and Muqtada al-Sadr's Next Act

Reading selections for the weekend of June 23, 2017.

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