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Murat Cetinmuhurdar / Presidential Palace / Reuters The Entirely Rational Basis For Turkey's Move Into Syria
Nearly a century of mistrust of America and an obsession with defeating the Kurds sparked its operation in Afrin.
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Philippe Wojazer / Reuters Democracy Is Not the Cure for Terrorism
Analysts have blamed Egypt’s autocracy for a recent attack that killed hundreds. But that’s not what’s motivating the violence.
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Umit Bektas / Reuters Turkey's Identity Crisis
As politicians purposefully polarize their own society for political profit, the result is rage and violence.
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Zoubeir Souissi / Reuters How Should Culture Affect Foreign Policy?
Western ideas—which many in the West believe are universal—collide with the ideals of Middle Eastern societies in ways that aren't always obvious.
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Karhan Ozer / Presidential Palace / Reuters How Erdogan Made Turkey Authoritarian Again
It wasn't so long ago that the Turkish leader was seen as a model democrat in the Islamic world. What happened?
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Rodi Said / Reuters Who Exactly Are ‘the Kurds’?
Are they terrorists, allies in the war against the Islamic State, or a nation in need of a state? The answer is yes to all of these.
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Amr Dalsh / Reuters The Arab Spring’s Aftermath, in 7 Minutes
What’s been happening in Libya, Syria, Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, and Tunisia over the past five years.
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Emrah Gurel / AP Turkey’s 10-Sided War With Itself
The alarming normalcy of a society split into mutually distrustful camps
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Elhanan Harlev On the Death of a Friend in Israel
Elhanan's story is, in many ways, the story of Zionism.
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Reuters Does the U.S. Really Have the Power to Promote Democracy in Egypt?
It's time we revisit our assumptions about America's ability to influence the country's politics.
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Egypt, Turkey, and Tunisia Are All Slowly Islamizing
Institutions are gradually shifting in favor of Islamists in many Arab Spring countries.
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Can Israel's New Coalition Fix Relations with Turkey?
Tensions between Jerusalem and Ankara run too deeply for a single election to make much difference.
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Time to Admit the U.S. Can't Control Egypt's Leaders
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi refusal to condemn the anti-U.S. protests is a hard lesson on the new Egypt.
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Egyptian Anger at the U.S. Goes Way Beyond This One Movie
The protests are not just about an offensive film, they're about decades of perceived insults on Egyptians' national pride and collective dignity.
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Is the World Too Easy on Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Leaders?
President Mohamed Morsi's government is getting unusual latitude, maybe because the Brothers may have built up some credibility.
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The Oddly Cordial Letter That the Muslim Brotherhood Sent to Israel
What we can learn from Egyptian President and Brotherhood leader Mohamed Morsi's note to Israeli President Shimon Peres -- assuming it's real.
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What We Know (and Don't) About the Turkish Jet That Went Down by Syria
Three weeks after the Turkish RF-4 mysteriously crashed, someone is not telling the truth.
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Debunking Three Myths About the Muslim Brotherhood
Sorting out truth from myths on Egypt's powerful Islamist party.
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Justice vs. Revenge: The Disappointing Injustice of Hosni Mubarak's Trial
The now-imprisoned Egyptian president could be on his way to being cleared of charges.
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Whoever Wins Egypt's Presidency, the Party is Over for Washington
Whether Muslim Brother Mohamed Morsi or former Mubarak official Ahmed Shafiq wins the election, the U.S. will face tougher challenges in Cairo.
