The realization of the Trans-Anatolian Project by 2018 will strengthen Azerbaijan in strategic terms, offering it a route to the world markets that bypasses Russia… Continue reading
Islamist factions have not emerged to dominate the Libyan election results… Continue reading
The more I think about Israel’s security situation at this moment, the better it looks… Continue reading
Obama came into office with a theory on which he based his Middle East policy. His theory was that jihadists hate America because the US supports Israel… Continue reading
Although it isn’t official, the first two articles of Egypt’s new Constitution have been reportedly drafted by the committee of parliamentarians charged with that task… Continue reading
According to several reports in the Arabic media, prominent Muslim clerics have begun to call for the demolition of Egypt’s Great Pyramids… Continue reading
The Dead Sea was a major supply route for the Turkish army between eastern and western Palestine during WWI… Continue reading
An interesting and important question about the Middle East is whether being in power or running in an election inevitably moderates those who are radicals… Continue reading
What is being dubbed as Egypt’s “first sex-slave marriage” took place mere days after the Muslim Brotherhood’s Muhammad Morsi was made president… Continue reading
The much-touted, Islamist-led coalition government in Tunisia is showing how little has changed… Continue reading
I’ve been interviewed a number of times, for example, by Iraqi journalists. But this time there was a different kind of question at the end of the interview… Continue reading
On June 14, 2012, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan publicly invited Fethullah Gülen, the leader of the powerful Gülen Movement, to return to Turkey from self-imposed exile in the United States… Continue reading
Last month Israeli newspapers reported on the discovery of a huge cache of guns, bullets, artillery shells and mines in the Dead Sea… Continue reading
This article provides an overview of Iraq’s oil and gas industry, focusing in particular on its history since 2003 under the Coalition Provisional Authority and the sovereign Iraqi government… Continue reading
It is impossible for the moment to say what’s going to happen in Egypt. But there are two basic scenarios… Continue reading
After Syria’s downing of a Turkish aircraft over the eastern Mediterranean, the question is not so much why Syria shot it down as why the two neighbors have become embroiled in a confrontation in the first place… Continue reading
Reorganizing files for my past articles I came across some amusing and revealing things you might enjoy, showing how often the region doesn’t really change… Continue reading
Egypt’s longtime banned Muslim Brotherhood has just won the nation’s presidency, in the name of its candidate, Muhammad Mursi… Continue reading
The Turkish regime is gradually suppressing freedom as its society moves steadily toward a more hardline Islamic identity… Continue reading
Muhammad al-Mursi, the Muslim Brotherhood candidate, has become president of Egypt. But what does it mean to be president of Egypt?… Continue reading
More than 1,000 supporters converged on Cairo International airport to greet Mohamed ElBaradei… Continue reading
Judea and Samaria are not under occupation rule, according to the “Outposts Committee”,.. Continue reading
NATO’s May 20-21 heads-of-state summit in Chicago reminded everyone how Turkey is making important contributions to NATO in many key areas… Continue reading
This is clearly a human rights case that affects Copts in Egypt. Sharia does not allow for adoption but this cannot apply to Christians… Continue reading
The deputy leader of Egypt’s largest opposition movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, was detained by security forces… Continue reading
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