Middle East

Europe Hardens Its Borders and Deepens the Migrant Crisis at Sea

Europe Hardens Its Borders and Deepens the Migrant Crisis at Sea Europe Hardens Its Borders and Deepens the Migrant Crisis at Sea

A new proposal would do little to alleviate the suffering on Europe’s borders.

Aug 14, 2018 / Michelle Chen

Fadwa holds phone with picture of her and her son

Syrian Women Seek the Truth About Their Missing Loved Ones Syrian Women Seek the Truth About Their Missing Loved Ones

As Assad eyes victory in Syria’s brutal civil war, the fate of tens of thousands of disappeared citizens remains an unsettling mystery.

Aug 9, 2018 / Sara Manisera

NSO Building Israel

How Israeli Tech Firms Act as Global Agents of Repression How Israeli Tech Firms Act as Global Agents of Repression

Two private intelligence companies hack political enemies in Africa, Europe, the Mideast, and the United States, for a price.

Jul 27, 2018 / Richard Silverstein

Pompeo Iran Speech

How the Neocon Plan to Destabilize Iran Will Blow Back on the United States How the Neocon Plan to Destabilize Iran Will Blow Back on the United States

A destabilized Iran would make post-invasion Iraq look like Disney World by comparison.

Jul 26, 2018 / Juan Cole

NYU Abu Dhabi

The Labor Abuse That Went Into NYU’s Abu Dhabi Campus The Labor Abuse That Went Into NYU’s Abu Dhabi Campus

According to a new report, for nearly a decade, the construction of the new campus systematically exposed workers to abuse and coercion.

Jul 26, 2018 / StudentNation / Michelle Chen

Donald Trump Syria Bombing Briefing

In Trump’s America, the Middle East Remains an Afterthought In Trump’s America, the Middle East Remains an Afterthought

And yet US foreign policy is far from innocent in the disasters playing out in Syria, Yemen, and elsewhere.

Jul 19, 2018 / Rebecca Gordon

Trump and Putin Billboard

Trump as New Cold War Heretic Trump as New Cold War Heretic

The president has broken with the nearly 20-year orthodoxy of blaming Russia alone for today’s post-Soviet confrontations.

Jul 18, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

Can a New Left Movement Shift Israeli Politics?

Can a New Left Movement Shift Israeli Politics? Can a New Left Movement Shift Israeli Politics?

Standing Together is uniting Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel in a shared struggle for economic and political justice. 

Jul 18, 2018 / Hannah Pollin-Galay

Mike Pompeo and Juan Zarate at FDD conference

This Think Tank Is Pushing Regime Change in Iran—and the White House is Listening This Think Tank Is Pushing Regime Change in Iran—and the White House is Listening

The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies helped kill the nuke deal, but it’s not satisfied—it wants harsh new sanctions against any country doing business with Iran.

Jul 12, 2018 / James Carden

Destruction in Dera'a

Horror in Southern Syria, as 300,000 Flee a Government Assault Horror in Southern Syria, as 300,000 Flee a Government Assault

The Assad regime has indeed won—it has won the war against its own people.

Jul 11, 2018 / Loubna Mrie

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