All Policy Analysis by David Schenker

Turkey's tough new stance against the Asad regime's crackdown gives the West an opportunity to adopt a more assertive stance on Syria.

Is Hosni Mubarak's trial a necessary step toward democratic reconciliation, or does it raise risks of more anarchy and a violent military crackdown?

Egypt's stock market has plummeted, and the United States should do more to help.

Although the financial implications of U.S. court verdicts against Syria are unlikely to change the regime's support for terrorism, they will impose an unprecedented price on Bashar al-Asad's increasingly reckless behavior.