Emile Nakhleh is a retired CIA Senior Intelligence Service Officer and founding director of the CIA’s Political Islam Strategic Analysis Program [...]
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Protesters came out in support of Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Sunday but they were followed by anti-government protesters who have been calling [...]
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The anti-regime convulsions currently underway in Algeria and Sudan are the latest version of an “Arab Spring” that erupted in 2011 and that Arab [...]
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The anti-regime convulsions currently underway in Algeria and Sudan are the latest version of an “Arab Spring” that erupted in 2011 and that Arab [...]
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Bottom Line Up FrontOn 2 April 2019, Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced his immediate resignation, ending his nearly 20-year rule.For [...]
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Bottom Line Up FrontTime favors strongman regimes, as leaders alternate between stalling tactics, physical violence and belated promises of reform to [...]
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In early January, Tunisia and Iran witnessed remarkably similar periods of spontaneous and widespread unrest. In each case, the demonstrations failed [...]
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February 15, 2018, will mark the seventh anniversary of the Benghazi rallies, in which Libyans took to the streets to protest the arrest of a human [...]
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The concept of political Islam has deep historical roots in Islamic societies and, during the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011 in the Middle East and [...]
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Usage of the term political Islam has become common in recent years as Islamist movements vie for influence in a changing Middle East. However, the [...]
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The Middle East that the Trump Administration must now come to grips with is not the one Barack Obama envisioned leaving his successor when he took [...]
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The Middle East went through maelstrom developments during the Obama Administration. Some of these were put into motion by the 2003 American invasion [...]
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Instability in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is at its worst in recent memory. While political volatility has been something of a constant [...]
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When the so-called Arab Spring burst upon the Middle East five years ago, Henry Kissinger remarked that this was only “scene one of act one of a five [...]
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The “Arab Spring” of 2011-12 has profoundly changed the Middle East, but much is misunderstood about its effects. First, it did not produce, other [...]
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The Arab Spring was the beacon of hope that would free millions from the grip of autocratic rulers. At first, it looked promising. One by one, the [...]
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