In US-Iran war, willpower could trump firepower

Washington and Tel Aviv may think the key to ending Iran's regime is to kill its missile bank and capabilities, but sometimes strategy matters more than hardware

Bilal Saab

Reviving the Maghreb Union

[caption id="attachment_55242109" align="alignnone" width="620"] Libyan Interior Minister Ashour Shuail arrives at the Moroccan Ministry of Interior before the Arab Maghreb Union meeting in Rabat on…

Younes Hassar

Time and Tide Wait for No Man

[caption id="attachment_55242028" align="aligncenter" width="620"] In this handout image provided by the U.S. Navy, Marines assigned to the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, practice boarding and…

James Spencer

Qaradawi’s Blunder

[caption id="attachment_55242060" align="alignnone" width="620"] Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi joins the crowds on Tahrir square in Cairo on February 18, 2011. MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images[/caption] …

Tam Hussein

A Complex Problem

[caption id="attachment_55242006" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Iranian Revolutionary Guards march during a parade commemorating the 31st anniversary of Iran–Iraq War on September 22, 2011, in…

Arash Aramesh

The History Boys

[caption id="attachment_55241987" align="alignnone" width="620"] Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman (C), the spiritual leader of Al-Gama'a Al-Islamiyya, surrounded by followers, leaves the Abu Bakr Mosque in…

Alex Walsh

What Next for Syria’s Rebels?

[caption id="attachment_55241850" align="aligncenter" width="594"] A image grab taken from a video uploaded on Youtube by Al-Qusayr Media Centre on May 24, 2013 shows smoke rising from the site of an…

Stephen Starr

Selective Democracy

[caption id="attachment_55241944" align="alignnone" width="620"] Libyan protesters hold placards and banners during a demonstration in support of the 'political isolation law' in Libya's landmark…

Tasbeeh Herwees

The People v. Saleh?

[caption id="attachment_55237005" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Yemen's former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, in February 2012 when he formally handed over power to his deputy. (MOHAMMED HUWAIS…

Catherine Shakdam

Getting to Geneva

[caption id="attachment_55235323" align="aligncenter" width="620"] US president Barack Obama delivers a speech on Mideast and North Africa policy in the Ben Franklin Room at the State Department on…

Andrew Bowen