[escenic_image id="5512347"]Aaron David Miller is a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He is also a former adviser on Arab-Israeli negotiations for both…

[escenic_image id="5512343"]Will Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad follow in the footsteps of late Egyptian President Anwar Al-Sadat and join in alliance with the West even if this might cost him too…

The United States would welcome a transformation of its relations with Syria, as it desires good relations with all other countries, but it is doubtful that the Syrian government would dare to make…

With the end of the July 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah, and after disproportionate warfare capabilities materialized in creating a balance to deter aggression, the Syrian foreign policy moved…

There is no doubt that Syria has excelled in managing its (persistent) conflict with the West and particularly the United States, which placed it among the axis of evil, and enacted a law called …

[escenic_image id="5512341"] A new power balance in the Middle East To understand the new power balance in the Middle East, consider how the leaders of Egypt responded to the 9/11 terror attacks on…

[escenic_image id="5512375"]As the Gulf Cooperation Council met for its 30 summit in Kuwait this week, the organization discussed a number of issues of mutual concern. Iranian nuclear ambitions, a…

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At times the Houthis claim they are fighting in self defence, other times they say they are fighting to obtain their rights as a marginalized group in Yemen. However, they, like other rebel movements…

It is unclear whether it is accurate to describe the conflict in Yemen between the government and the Houthi insurgents as a sectarian conflict between Sunnis and Shiites – even if, as a result of…