A Bipolar Gulf
The Cold War between Saudi Arabia and Iran
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Turkey and the Middle East in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring
Lessons learned from a lecture at Harvard on Turkey as a model for the Arab democracies.
The Democratic Divergence
As authoritarian regimes have crumbled in the Arab World, so too has the gulf that once separated politics from religion.
Tahrir Square and Egyptian Solidarity
Giacomo Bagarella reflects on his experience attending the May 27th protests in Egypt's Tahrir Square.
The FaceBouazizi Revolution.
Mark Zuckerberg has never heard of Arab leaders like Mohammed Bouazizi yet he's credited with the uprisings they've triggered.
A Lebanese Angle on the Rima Fakih Story
Apart from being an excellent excuse to boost web traffic with pictures of bikini-clad women (cf. The Huffington Post), you may not have seen Lebanese journalist Hanin Ghaddar’s very interesting article last week in Foreign Policy comparing American and Lebanese reactions to the Rima Fakih story. In America: Not many people — let along beauty pageant winners — have been accused [...]
