Real Iran splits and the myth of division

The argument is over the price and presentation, not the basic instinct to preserve the system

Alex Vatanka

Threatened Freedom

[caption id="attachment_55228898" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Thousands of weapons remain unaccounted for in the wake of Libya's revolution"][/caption] Libyans consider themselves…

Jaleel Alsaadi

Redefining American Power

[caption id="attachment_55228876" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="President Obama is seeking to reshape America's defense policy"][/caption] US President, Barack Obama, unveiled last…

Jacqueline Shoen

Holding Hormuz Hostage

[caption id="attachment_55228859" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="The Al Bakra oil terminal in the north Arabian Gulf - just one of the terminals that would be affected by the closure of…

Bryan R. Gibson

A Shifting Axis

[caption id="attachment_55228655" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Dr. William Quandt"][/caption] William B. Quandt has been a prominent voice in American foreign policy in the Middle East…

Andrew Bowen

Playing With Fire

[caption id="attachment_55228747" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, tours a nuclear facility"][/caption] The escalating crisis over Iran’s nuclear…

Jacqueline Shoen

The New Face of Syria

[caption id="attachment_55228700" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="The President of the Syrian National Council (SNC), Burhan Ghalioun"][/caption] The President of the Syrian National…

Roshan Kasem

Getting Egypt Back on its Feet

[caption id="attachment_55228684" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="South Korean tourists leave Cairo at the beginning of February, 2011. The Egytian tourism industry has yet to recover from…

Alastair Beach

The Long Fall of Assad

The seasons go by but Syria’s Arab Spring shows no sign of passing. Bashar Al-Assad’s strategy remains that of buying himself more time, in the hopes that a combination of domestic repression and…

Federico Manfredi

Hezbollah's Winter

[caption id="attachment_55228331" align="aligncenter" width="620" caption="Hezbollah flags flutter over Beirut"][/caption] Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah, while championing Arab protestors in…

Joyce Karam