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Erdoğan’s Gulf Tour: Reassurance without Substance?
Feb 21, 2017Contemporaneous visits to the Gulf region by Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani indicate urgent regional diplomacy in …
- Washington Policy Weekly
Congressional Update
Jan 26, 2017I. Legislation to Designate Muslim Brotherhood a Terrorist Organization Re-introducedThe issue of designating the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) a foreign terrorist o…
- Policy Analysis
Rafsanjani’s Death and Its Impact on Iran’s Political Bazaar
Jan 9, 2017The death of former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani comes at a critical time in the Islamic Republic’s political history. As one of the founders…
- Policy Analysis
November 8: What’s at stake for the Arab world?
Nov 7, 2016What motivates the Arab world’s interest in the 2016 US presidential election is primarily the concern about Washington’s role in the Middle East as well as th…
- Washington Policy Weekly
Congressional Update – October 28, 2016
Oct 28, 2016I. JASTA Update:The 28 Senators who sent a letter expressing concern over the Justice against Sponsors of Terrorism legislation (JASTA) – after having voted fo…
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Implications of Al-Qaeda Rebranding in Syria
Aug 31, 2016The announcement by the top leader of Al-Nusra Front in Syria Abu Mohammed Joulani to distance his group from Al-Qaeda last month was very controversial.…
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The Week that Cut Turkey’s Ambitions Down to Size
Jul 7, 2016Although signs of policy adjustment have been in the works for several months, the events of June 2016 were an emphatic marker of a shift in Turkey’s foreign p…
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The Crisis of Political Islam – a Five Part Series
Jun 21, 2016PART ONE"Political Islam is the end result of the enforced separation of religion and governance, leaving Islamist groups in crisis from their very inception" …
- Policy Analysis
Battle over Fallujah Tests US-Iran Tacit Deal against ISIL
Jun 3, 2016As Major General Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran’s al-Quds Force, was reportedly spotted in the northern outskirts of the besieged city of Fallujah, …
- Policy Analysis
Defeating ISIL is Not Enough to Save Iraq
May 10, 2016Two years into the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and amid the persistent downward trend of global oil prices, Iraq is obviously…
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Freedom of religion as a foundation of Arab democracy: An Arab view of the 2016 report of US Commission on International Religious Freedom
May 3, 2016The onset of the so-called “Arab Spring” in 2011 gave hope to millions of people across the Arab world that change is possible and that freedoms, democratic tr…
- Washington Policy Weekly
Congressional Update
Apr 29, 2016Note: Congress will recess at the end of the week. The House will return on Tuesday, May 10, the Senate will return on Monday, May 9. The next Congress…
