Browse Research and Commentary

Around the Halls: Israel's Airstrikes in Syria

May 7, 2013, Daniel L. Byman, Kenneth M. Pollack, Michael Doran, Natan B. Sachs, Suzanne Maloney, Salman Shaikh and Tamara Cofman Wittes

A Preview of the 2013 U.S.-Islamic World Forum

May 6, 2013, Tamara Cofman Wittes

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Will reports of chemical weapons spur global action on Syria?

May 2, 2013, Salman Shaikh

Can Egypt’s Transition and Economy Be Saved?

May 1, 2013, Hafez Ghanem

State of Current Political Affairs in Egypt

April 30, 2013, Tamara Cofman Wittes

Arab Uprisings and Completing Turkey's Regional Integration: Challenges and Opportunities for US–Turkish Relations

April 2013, Kemal Kirişci

Syria, Chemical Weapons, And The Intervention Question

April 29, 2013, Shadi Hamid

Is Obama’s Red Line a Green Light?

April 29, 2013, Salman Shaikh

Obama's Strategy in the Middle East: The Blurry Red Line

April 26, 2013, Shadi Hamid

Syria's Use of Chemical Weapons: The Ball’s in Your Court, Mr. President

April 26, 2013, Bruce Riedel

Is Syria's Alleged Chemical Weapons Use the Tipping Point for U.S. Intervention?

April 25, 2013, Kenneth M. Pollack

Syria's Humanitarian Crisis Has No End in Sight

April 25, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris, Megan Bradley and Shelly Pitterman

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Qatar-U.S. Relations in a Changing Middle East

April 24, 2013

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The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat

2013, Vali Nasr

As Mubarak Sits in a Cage, Egyptians are Moving On

April 15, 2013, H.A. Hellyer

Sectarianism Spreads to Egypt

April 12, 2013, Geneive Abdo

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The Arab Awakening and the New Sectarian Divide

April 10, 2013

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The New Sectarianism: The Arab Uprisings and the Rebirth of the Shi‘a-Sunni Divide

April 10, 2013, Geneive Abdo

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The Arab Uprisings and the Rebirth of the Shi'a-Sunni Divide

April 8, 2013, Geneive Abdo

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Women in a Changing Middle East: An Address by Under Secretary of State Tara Sonenshine

April 4, 2013

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The Arab Spring Ain't Over

April 1, 2013, H.A. Hellyer

Arresting Bassem Youssef: No Benefit for Mursi’s Government

March 31, 2013, H.A. Hellyer

Bassem Youssef: A Valuable Egyptian Voice That Will Not Be Silenced

March 30, 2013, H.A. Hellyer

The Fear That Drives Russia's Support For Syria's Assad

March 27, 2013, Fiona Hill

The Real Reason Putin Supports Assad

March 25, 2013, Fiona Hill