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  • Anti-ISIS Campaign
    How’s the Fight Against the Islamic State Going? Depends Which Official You Ask

    Members of the Obama administration were on Capitol Hill this week to push for a new authorization to use military force against the Islamic State, but hours of confusing and often conflicting testimony about the dangers posed by the group and the status of the U.S.-led campaign wound up muddying the waters and making it even more difficult for the White House to win over skeptical lawmakers.

  • Libya
    In Libya, will Misrata be the kingmaker?

    Four years after Libya’s revolution, two political-military coalitions are competing for power in Libya, which are often, yet inaccurately, described as two governments, two parliaments and two armies. Behind that seeming polarization lies a far messier reality. More than 200 armed groups from the western city of Misrata anchor the military power behind the western alliance in Tripoli. The commanders, structures and fighters of these groups remain largely unchanged since the 2011 revolution, a tapestry analyzed in depth in a new edited volume, “The Libyan Revolution and its Aftermath.” The genesis and inner workings of these Misrata militias serve as a vignette into the complex coalitional politics playing out within these alliances.

  • Yemen in Crisis
    Analysis: Can Hadi lead Yemen out of crisis?

    Less than a week after the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2201, the political landscape in Yemen has been further complicated by President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's surprising escape from the Houthi-imposed house arrest.

  • Iran Negotiations
    How does Iran make nuclear decisions?

    Controversy and confusion abound about how Iran makes decisions on the nuclear issue as the country and world powers near their deadline to reach a comprehensive deal.

  • Saudi-Egypt
    In Saudi Arabia, Can an Adversary Become a Partner?

    In spite of recent media leaks and statements, it is unlikely that Saudi Arabia will strategically alter its opposition to the Muslim Brotherhood.

  • ISIS Strategy
    Why does ISIS keep making enemies?

    We live in an increasingly secularized world, so it's sometimes difficult to take seriously the deeply held religious beliefs of others. For many of us the idea that the end of times will come with a battle between "Rome" and Islam at the obscure Syrian town of Dabiq is as absurd as the belief that the Mayans had that their human sacrifices could influence future events. But for ISIS, the Dabiq prophecy is deadly serious. Members of ISIS believe that they are the vanguard fighting a religious war, which Allah has determined will be won by the forces of true Islam.

  • Iran Negotiations
    Good or bad Iran nuke deal? Israel vs. the US administration

    The main dispute is over the size and potency of Iran's uranium enrichment program, which can make both reactor fuel and the fissile core of a weapon. The U.S., along with Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany, came to the table demanding that Tehran dismantle 80 to 90 percent of the nearly 10,000 centrifuges now turning out enriched uranium along with all of the 8,000 or so other machines set up but not working. But faced with Iranian resistance, diplomats now say the U.S. is prepared to accept 4,500 operating centrifuges — perhaps more — if Tehran agrees to constraints on their efficiency.

  • U.S.-Afghanistan
    Opinion: Why did we fail in the Afghan war? Because we didn’t understand the place

    What began as a punitive expedition became instead an enterprise to remodel Afghanistan into something safe to us, but entirely foreign to Afghans.

  • Paris Attacks
    Was Al Qaeda Behind the Paris Attacks?

    Despite this history of reliable claims of responsibility by al Qaeda and its affiliates, questions remain regarding AQAPs claim to have directed the Charlie Hebdo attack. The video released by AQAP featured no video evidence of the Kouachi brothers who carried out the attacks training with the group and no martyrdom statements recorded by them on behalf of AQAP, a typical accoutrement of these kind of terrorist attacks.

  • Saleh al-Sadoon
    What is the relation between Saudi women driving and rape?!

    When reputable Arab television channels are being used as a platform for a clown of the caliber of Saudi historian Saleh al-Sadoon, one wonders whether our job is inform, stimulate minds and raise questions or simply serve as meaningless, yet somewhat entertaining, optical chewing gum for the masses.