Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The combination of political and economic problems that Jordan faces today is without precedent, and the worn tools used to overcome these problems in the past are now inadequate.
That Jordan teeters on the edge of crisis is a cliché decades old. Yet the combination of political and economic problems the country faces today is without precedent, and the worn tools used to overcome these problems in the past are now inadequate.
Karim Sadjadpour of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace discusses whether Iran is likely to accept a revived nuclear deal.
In an interview, Jennifer Kavanagh and Frederic Wehrey discuss the implications of Russia’s declining arms exports to the Middle East.
Karim Sadjadpour, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, talks about the likelihood of reviving the Iran nuclear deal and what it means for Americans detained there.
President Saied’s seizure of power has been a major setback for Ennahda. He capitalized on widespread anger at Ennahda by blaming it for much of the failure of Tunisia’s governance since the 2010-2011 Revolution.
Saied has taken many pages from the dictator’s playbook to roll back a decade’s democratic progress in one year.
This shakeup will create opportunities and risks for the United States, both of which will necessitate a measured response. Just because there might be new demands for weapons in the Middle East doesn’t mean that Washington should meet them.
The country of Tunisia is in the midst of a slow motion political crisis. The country's populist president has crafted a new constitution that gives him broad, unchecked powers and secured its approval by referendum, albeit a referendum in which most Tunisians did not participate.
Biden’s visit produced a few tangible gains but also raised questions about the future of Saudi-American relations.