A regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security.
In the midst of Syria’s wartime devastation, the regime saw a path to its own revival.
Having contributed to the Assad regime’s survival, the party can now turn to other priorities.
In an interview, Farouk Mardam-Bey discusses the Middle East, remembers Samir Kassir, and expresses his passion for food.
In a Diwan podcast, David Kilcullen talks about Al-Qa‘eda’s future after the setbacks of the Islamic State.
A regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security.
The liberation of the town of Rawa promises the end of a particularly dangerous phase in the history of Iraq. But what the country faces next is a far more complex and potentially fateful struggle.
Analyst Sergio Altuna Galán discusses Al-Qa‘eda’s rebranding, as well as the jihadi situation in Tunisia and Libya.
Egypt’s education minister, Tariq Shawqi, may be showing more initiative than is good for him.
Algeria has successfully adopted both a soft and a hard approach for bringing former Islamist combatants in from the cold.