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    • Op-Ed

    The ISIS Factor

    The North Caucasus Islamists’ wish to join ISIS makes some sense. By joining, they would cast themselves not just as regional players but worldwide jihadists. The relations between ISIS and the Caucasus Emirate, however, have been fraught with difficulties.

    • Strategic Europe

    Judy Asks: Is There a Political Solution for Syria?

    A selection of experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.

    • Op-Ed

    Syria’s Future Lies in its Neighbors’ Hands

    In the Middle East, it is the regional actors that are at the forefront. They are calling the shots—literally. And they are yet to learn the fine art of co-operation alongside confrontation.

    • TV/Radio Broadcast

    The Arab Spring at Five: Updates On Tunisia, Egypt, and Turkey

    Countries that underwent Arab Spring uprisings have taken divergent paths in the five years since the protest movement swept the region.

    • Op-Ed

    The Next Front Against ISIS

    Any strategy to combat the self-proclaimed Islamic State in Libya should aim to bridge Libyan political divides while channeling assistance in a way that promotes cooperation between rival forces.

    • TV/Radio Broadcast

    The War in Yemen

    • Marc Lynch, Stacey Philbrick Yadav
    • February 05, 2016
    • Project on Middle East Political Science

    The conflict in Yemen has produced a humanitarian disaster, but possibilities remain for bilateral negotiations between warring parties.

    • Recommended Resources: Top Six Syria Reads

      Aron Lund recommends six articles on the war in Syria and the international response to the crisis.

      • Strategic Europe

      Letter From Tunis

      • Walid Haddouk
      • February 05, 2016

      Despite over two decades of partnership, it is unclear whether the EU’s approach toward Tunisia has increased the country’s economic and social wealth.

      • Article

      Kazakhstan at Twenty-Five: Stable but Tense

      Kazakhstan faces multiple geopolitical and economic threats over which it has limited control. But the country’s greatest upcoming challenge is one of its own making.

      • TV/Radio Broadcast

      ISIS in Libya

      Without a credible partner on the ground, Western governments are struggling to develop a strategy to combat the spread of the self-proclaimed Islamic State in Libya.

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      Bader Mousa Al-Saif is a nonresident fellow at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, where his research focuses on the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula.
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      Middle East Program
      Dr. H.A. Hellyer is a senior associate fellow and scholar at the Royal United Services Institute in London and a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His research focuses on politics, international relations, security, and religion in the West and the Arab world.
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      Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
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