Middle East

An Iraqi Kurdish delegation said they are hearing “more and more understanding” of Kurdish aspirations for greater sovereignty in the aftermath of the radical Sunni ……Read More

Chaos often breeds opportunity, and nowhere is this more apparent than in today’s Iraq. Less apparent, however, is how key actors are approaching the opportunity. ……Read More

“WORRIED” OR “VALIANT”? THE DIALECTIC BETWEEN IRAN’S NUCLEAR NEGOTIATIONS AND ITS DOMESTIC POLITICS For years, public discussions of Iran’s nuclear program and the negotiations surrounding ……Read More

With only a few weeks remaining before the Jul. 20 deadline, the Barack Obama administration issued a warning to Iran that it must accept deep ……Read More

Iraq is now peering into the abyss that Lebanon witnessed during the darkest days of its civil war, the first and longest sectarian conflict in the post-colonial Arab ……Read More

While the lightning assault of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) in northern Iraq might eventually lead to the creation of a looser ……Read More