Understanding Turkey’s influential role in the Gulf crisis
The resurgence of Turkish influence in the Middle East.
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Egypt
Podcast: Hosni Mubarak freed from prison
Middle East Weekly’s 11th episode analyzes the release of Egypt’s ex-president, convicted for the killing of protesters in 2011’s uprising,
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Podcast: The plight of Egypt’s Copts
Middle East Weekly examines the plight of Egypt’s Coptic Christians, Turkey’s constitutional referendum, and the disputed Western Sahara.
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Dying of thirst: The Levant’s water worries
Water is the cornerstone of human life – but what happens to countries when they start running out of “blue gold”?
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The glass half empty: Water in the Middle East
The Middle East is an arid region to begin with, but climate change is set to exacerbate the region’s water scarcity.
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Is Islamism a threat to democracy?
An unfortunate characteristic of the discourse on Islamism is the muddling of definitions, terminology, historical references, and political positions. It
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Watching the watchmen: A long way to go for security-sector reform in the Arab world
Embed from Getty Images Police brutality and the impunity of the security forces, though far from the only cause, were
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