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A regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security.
In a new book on Hezbollah, Mohanad Hage Ali discusses the party’s use of history, miracles, and myths to shape its identity.
Marwan Muasher talks about a new Carnegie report describing shifting Palestinian attitudes towards peace talks.
Two U.S. presidents have claimed that they are political realists, but if so they have been pretty bad at it.
Regional perspectives on the Palestinian question from Jordan, Egypt, and Israel.
A regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security.
The Gulf states have yet to find a solution to the prickly matter of royal succession.
Bassem Nemeh discusses the economic burden of the Syrian refugees for Lebanon and Jordan.
In an interview, Charles Paul Freund discusses popular culture in the Middle East and the appeal of its dystopian fiction.