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Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Iraq’s new prime minister as ofMay 12, has already announced a bold intention. In a short government manifesto he submitted to…

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When the Lebanese Civil War ended, Rafic El Hariri set out to bring back normal life to Lebanon, and of course, he started with the political…

Recently, there have been good signs that pointed towards a possible decline of Iranian interference in the region.First, there has been the recent…

On February 29, 2020, the United States and the Taliban signed a peace deal in Doha, Qatar. The deal has been one of the most contentious treaties in…

As the first wave of the coronavirus outbreak appears to have crested, older patterns of conflict and foreign policy are re-asserting themselves…

While the coronavirus pandemic consumes the world’s attention, the Libya crisis is worsening rapidly.Recent developments are threatening the…

Last month’s media frenzy over the health and possible death of the North Korean leaderKim Jong Unseemed in many respects like an indulgent diversion…