Has Iran's ideology actually hardened?

The change in tone and presentation of policy isn't a fundamental redirection, but rather the consolidation of a system under pressure

Alex Vatanka

ISIS in Congo and Uganda

Recent American reports criticized the Biden administration for ignoring what the reports called “ISIS in the Equator,” and warned that sub-Saharan Africa, after West Africa, might be ISIS's next…

Mohammad Ali Salih

Ethiopia Faces Corrosive War Consequence

Ethiopia is sprinting toward calamity. Last week, as the rebel forces of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and their allies advanced toward the capital of Addis Ababa, Prime Minister Abiy…

Chris Coons

Where is Egypt Headed?

During the second half of Hosni Mubarak's rule (from 1995 to February 11, 2011), I was one of those who expressed, with pen and tongue, the catastrophe that was taking place at that time; I mean the…

Tarek Heggy

Lebanon in the Balance

I was asked about Lebanon. The question was as follows: How do you assess the political situation in Lebanon, which I know you love? I love Maronite Lebanon, I clearly answered. It (Lebanon)…

Tarek Heggy