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The Syrian Revolution: "Safe Zones" and Considerations for the Future
Six years after unrest in Dar‘a sparked what has metastasized into a civil war and multilateral regional conflict, the Syrian opposition may have to contend with the painful, yet undeniable truth that Russia has prevailed in Syria. It is not the ipso facto end of the Syrian revolution, but it
Mar 13, 2017
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Hassan Mneimneh
Brief Analysis
Iran's Economy Post-Nuclear Deal: A Misleading IMF Scorecard
Iran's budget and banking system are being held hostage by unaccountable revolutionary institutions like the IRGC, but for some reason the IMF is not calling Tehran out on the glaring lack of transparency.
Mar 10, 2017
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Patrick Clawson
Brief Analysis
Is Iran Attempting to Thwart U.S. Naval Surveillance of Its Missile Tests?
Tehran seems eager to extend the range and capabilities of its antiship missiles, and just as eager to prevent the West from monitoring its progress toward that end, even at the risk of escalating naval tensions.
Mar 9, 2017
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Farzin Nadimi
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When Women Make the Headlines
It is never difficult to encounter gender stereotypes in the news of many countries in the Middle East. The problem continues behind the scenes in the newsroom as gender policies are almost nonexistent and female journalists are rarely equally paid or given an equal chance of getting promoted to upper-level
Mar 8, 2017
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Myra Abdallah
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The Central Role of Women’s Issues in Post-Arab Spring North Africa
March 8, 2017 Women’s demands in North Africa are increasingly diversified and polyvocal as new actors and agents gain visibility in the public sphere of authority. This diversification is being nourished by new values, such as all citizens’ dignity in the public sphere, and new approaches, such as the use
Mar 8, 2017
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Fatima Sadiqi
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Sexuality and Social Media in Lebanese Politics
At the beginning of the year, one of the members of the Lebanese Parliament had previously voted for singer Myriam Klink during the presidential election session, causing the whole session to erupt in laughter, with some nearly divulging their own fantasies about the ‘sexy singer’. Today, however, she is being
Mar 8, 2017
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Diana Moukalled
Brief Analysis
The Quiet Advance of Eastern Mediterranean Gas
News that Israel has begun exporting gas to Jordan indicates that commercial logic can prevail despite adverse political rhetoric.
Mar 8, 2017
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Simon Henderson
David Schenker
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U.S. Credibility in the Middle East
Symbolic gestures from Washington can be especially effective in a region where context is often more important than substance, and whose conflicts are based around perceptions of those contexts.
Mar 8, 2017
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Jacob Olidort
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Sisi's Domesticated Foreign Policy
Much to his Gulf allies' chagrin, Egypt's president has not toed their anti-Iranian line in the region, instead following his own pattern of supporting state actors against non-state actors.
Mar 8, 2017
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Eric Trager
Brief Analysis
Reassessing the Civil War in Yemen
As the Trump administration adopts a seemingly more aggressive position on Yemen's nearly three-year conflict, it should take a closer look at where the fighting is stalemated, where political progress can be made, and where urgent humanitarian action is needed.
Mar 8, 2017
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Andrew Engel
Brief Analysis
Iran Takes Another Step Toward Fielding S-300 Missiles
If this and other recent air defense developments bear fruit, Iran might soon become self-sufficient in such technology and could even begin offering it for export.
Mar 7, 2017
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Farzin Nadimi
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A Muslim Healer For Our Time
March 7, 2017 In the spring of 1860, Col Charles Henry Churchill was well into his interviews with one of the great personalities of his era. As a British military officer and former diplomatic representative in Damascus to the Ottoman Empire, Churchill finally found the opportunity to record first-hand the
Mar 7, 2017
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John Kiser
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Burning Questions for Trump on the Middle East: We Still Don't Know Where His Gut Instincts Are
Short-term benefits aside, America's partners in the Middle East will all suffer in the end if estrangement from the region becomes the norm of U.S. foreign policy.
Mar 7, 2017
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Robert Satloff
In-Depth Reports
Deterring Tehran:
An Iran Policy for the New Administration
The United States should adopt a strategy on Iran that erects daunting defenses to dissuade the Islamic Republic from challenging the interests of the United States and its allies and that imposes sharp, painful costs should Iran do so nonetheless. In this transition paper for the new administration, Institute managing
Mar 7, 2017
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Michael Singh
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Al-Azhar and the President: Breaking Down the Relationship
March 6, 2017 On January 24, during a speech for National Police Day, President Sisi – to everyone’s surprise – brought up the issue of the high divorce rate in Egypt and its dangerous impact on family security and stability, calling for an amendment of divorce laws. According to Sisi’s
Mar 6, 2017
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Maged Atef
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The Internal Collapse Facing Lebanon's Shiites
March 6, 2017 There is no hiding the religious zeal that gripped Lebanon’s Shiites when, in 2013, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah launched the group’s campaign to defend the Syrian regime of Bashar Al-Assad. Thousands of fighters, imbued with the illusion of rapid victories, crossed the Lebanese border into Syria believing
Mar 6, 2017
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Hala Nasrallah
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What an Egyptian-Iranian Thaw Would Mean for U.S. Foreign Policy in the Region
If Washington fails to address Egypt's financial problems, its dispute with Saudi Arabia, and its over-emphasis on the dangers of Sunni Islamism, then American efforts to contain Iran could be in jeopardy.
Mar 4, 2017
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Haisam Hassanein
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To Save the State Department, Rex Tillerson May Have to Break It
A former U.S. ambassador describes how to fix the bad habits and stale thinking that have subordinated Foggy Bottom to the Pentagon and NSC.
Mar 3, 2017
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James Jeffrey
Brief Analysis
Bab al-Mandab Shipping Chokepoint Under Threat
Reports of Yemeni rebel mining activity are only the latest in a string of threats to international vessels transiting the narrow link between the Suez Canal and the Indian Ocean.
Mar 1, 2017
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Jeremy Vaughan
Simon Henderson
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Bureaucracy and Jihadism
Defeating today’s decentralized jihadi threat means treating the soil in which the weeds grow, not pulling them out one by one.
Mar 1, 2017
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Jacob Olidort
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