Plus Ҫa Change? Why True Change in Algeria Will be Difficult
Like many others around the world who have visited Algeria and follow its politics, I have been watching intently the development of the post-Bouteflika...
Golan Heights: America Is Getting Better at Undermining International Law
The U.S. president Donald Trump has recently signed a proclamation to officially recognize Golan Heights as Israeli territory, an area measuring seven hundred square...
The Golan Heights: What’s at Stake With Trump’s Recognition
President Donald J. Trump’s recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights upends a half century of U.S. policy. The strategically important plateau has been widely considered...
Can Da’ish Reappear in Iraq?
On March 6, an ambush set by Da'ish in Kirkuk led to killing many of Iraqi Popular Mobilization fighters, which is considered a negative...
Erdogan’s Kurdish Fighters
Shortly after 2018 re-election, Turkey’s Erdogan received a phone call from President Trump. Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed it was intended to “reaffirm the strong...
Washington, Another Stage in the Israeli Electoral Race
Last week was marked by important events affecting Israeli-American relations. On March 25, the United States recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights which...
Macron Sets His Eyes on Countering China in East Africa
The latest leader to join the bandwagon in criticizing China’s economic engagement with other countries, as well as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)...
Why Are Algerians Protesting? It’s Not Against Bouteflika.
I visited Algeria in 2013, in the months before the field came together for the 2014 presidential election, and before the Algerian public knew...
Javad Zarif, Mossadegh and the “Art of Political Theatre”
The legacy of Mohammad Mossadegh in modern Iran is, to say the least, controversial. The late Iranian prime minister, deposed in 1953 in a...
