It is becoming apparent that negotiations between the new leadership in Damascus and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) face ...

The opening act of US President Donald Trump’s second administration had very little to do with Middle East policy issues. It ...

Syria’s first post-Assad protests broke out on Dec. 25 after a video claiming to show the destruction of an Alawite shrine ...

Normalizing regular contacts and building relationships with the Taliban leadership can offer a more effective way to hold ...

The cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas announced on Jan. 15 took more than a year to reach and almost certainly will ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s second term coincides with radical changes in the Middle East. Trump has promised lasting peace in the region, but what does his vision for peace look like? This ...

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With a nearly unanimous 99 out of 128 votes, the Lebanese parliament elected the head of the army, Gen. Joseph Aoun, as Lebanon’s 14th president on Jan. 9. In a strong inaugural speech Aoun laid out ...

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The London Stock Exchange blocked Lukoil from trading, along with 26 other Russian companies. On Wednesday, the city council in Newark, New Jersey, voted to suspend licenses for gas stations owned by ...

Dr. Karen E. Young is a political economist focusing on the Gulf, the broader MENA region and the intersection of energy, finance and security. She is a Senior Research Scholar at the Columbia ...