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December 2008
Iraq: Are We There Yet?
by Judith S. Yaphe
“Iraq’s long-term chances for survival will be easier to predict when we see how Iraqis navigate their way through the crises of the coming months. . . .”
December 2008
After Mubarak, Mubarak?
by Samer Shehata
“Whoever follows Mubarak will inevitably be weaker and less experienced than the man who has ruled the country for more than a quarter century.”
December 2008
Iran in Search of Itself
by Mahmood Sariolghalam
“The intertwined sources of Iranians’ identity—Iranian nationalism, Islam, and Westernization—remain an uncomfortable mix.”
December 2008
Women in the Middle East: Progress and Backlash
by Nikki R. Keddie
“Throughout the region, recent advances in family planning, women’s health, and female education and labor force participation have led to greater and more equal
participation by women in national life.”
December 2008
Perspective: A Mideast Nuclear Chain Reaction?
by Joseph Cirincione
A nuclear arms race has broken out in the Middle East, with potentially catastrophic implications. The incoming US president will need to persuade Iran not to build a bomb.
December 2008
Book Reviews: Rethinking Iraq and the Region
by William W. Finan Jr.
New books conclude, among other things, that the Iraq War strengthened America's enemies, suicide bombings are likely to spread, and democracy promotion still matters.
December 2008
The Month In Review
by the editors of Current History
October 2008
December 2008
Map of The Middle East
by the editors of Current History
Map of The Middle East
May 2008
Clearing the Air in the Middle East
by Bassma Kodmani
"It will not take long for a new president to conclude that a different approach is needed to the critical issues of the region."
December 2007
After Iraq: Picking Up the Pieces
by Peter W. Galbraith
"In Iraq itself, the unintended consequences of the war have been worse even than Turkey's alienation and Iran's triumph."
December 2007
The Death of Iraq
by Nir Rosen
"There is only ignominy left for the Americans, and slaughter for the Iraqis. Iraq has been killed, never to rise again."
December 2007
Tehran Gambles to Survive
by Sanam Vakil
"Having weighed the risks, the hard-liners have decided that compromise and concession would threaten their hold on power more than provocation does."
December 2007
The Fragmentation of Palestine
by Glenn E. Robinson
"Ironically, without concerted effort by all parties to forge a credible Palestinian state, the solution that almost nobody wants will gradually emerge: that of a single, binational state between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea."
December 2007
The Ebbing Power of Turkey's Secularist Elite
by Jenny White
"It is not Islam that is the biggest challenge facing Turkey today, but rather the rise . . . of an intolerant, extreme form of nationalism."
December 2007
The Shiite “Threat” Revisited
by Augustus Richard Norton
"Reverberations from the 2003 invasion of Iraq may last for decades. But an inexorable spread of Sunni-Shiite conflict is only the worst case, and frankly it is not very likely."
December 2007
The US and Iran: Back to Containment?
by Suzanne Maloney
The US and Iran: Back to Containment?
October 2007
Russia and Iran: An Anti-Western Alliance
by Abbas Milani
"Putin's desire to dismantle what remains of democracy and replace it with a jingoist, messianic, Slavic concoction . . . makes him and his Russia an ideal ally, and role model, for Iran's pseudo-totalitarian antimodern regime."
March 2007
Turkey’s Fading Dream of Europe
by Omer Taspinar
"A complacent West could easily face the previously unthinkable question: 'Who lost Turkey?'"
January 2007
Iran’s Conservative Revival
by BAHMAN BAKTIARI
"No one has benefited more from American blunders in the Middle East than the conservatives in Iran who now control all the power centers. . . ."
January 2007
Lebanese Identity and Israeli Securityi n the Shadows of the 2006 War
by SHIBLEY TELHAMI
"Evidence of growing divisions within Lebanon is not necessarily good news for the effectiveness of Israel's deterrence."