The Road Before Me Weeps by Nick Thorpe – An Extract
War and chaos in Syria and Iraq, violence in Afghanistan, and hopelessness in countries bordering war zones have…
Syria
Battle for Syria, Part Two: US Foreign Policy & the Syrian Conflict
In his new book, The Battle for Syria, Christopher Phillips describes the Syrian conflict as both a symptom and…
Battle for Syria, Part One: The Impact of International Involvement
‘We cannot understand the Syrian civil war without understanding the complex web of international relations surrounding it’ Most…
The Two Futures of the Arab World, An Essay By Tarek Osman
Five years since the Arab uprisings, a political, cultural and social battle is still raging across the Middle…
Nazis, Islamists, and the Making
of the Modern Middle East
During the 1930s and 1940s, a unique and lasting political alliance was forged among Third Reich leaders, Arab…
Why this really is a battle for the Arab Spring: Author Article by Lin Noueihed and Alex Warren
The Battle for the Arab Spring is a new book from Yale that explains the explosive events of the…
Author Article by Lyric Hale: On the Road to Damascus – Why unemployment causes political instability
In the next installment of our weekly column from What’s Next? author Lyric Hale, the top economic commentator discusses the importance of…
Autumn 2011 Preview: New books on the Middle east
Yale University Press publishes cutting-edge current affairs books. Today we look at Yale’s Autumn 2011 list, picking specific…
Author Article by David Lesch: Shock in Syria – the Messy and Unlikely Alternatives for Bashar
As protests continue in Syria, DAVID W. LESCH, author of The New Lion of Damascus, carefully outlines the decisions…
David Lesch provides the perfect introduction to Bashar Al-Assad as the eyes of the world turn to Syria
Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad has been in the news recently, due to the increasing scrutiny of his leadership….