Brookings Doha Center

A member of Peshmerga forces sits in the back of the military vehicle in the east of Mosul during operation to attack Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, October 17, 2016. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari - RTX2P7TX

Victory over Isis will not solve Iraq’s problems

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Peshmerga forces advance in the east of Mosul to attack Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, October 17, 2016. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari - RTX2P7TY

Is protecting Mosul minorities an excuse for partition?

Beverley Milton-Edwards

Monday, October 17, 2016

Syrian refugees children watch as Britain's Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond visits Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, February 1, 2016. REUTERS/ Muhammad Hamed - RTX24ZYD

Why Brexit will hurt the prospects for peace in the Middle East

Monday, October 17, 2016

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi greets members of the Supreme Judicial Council before his speech during the celebration of the judicial day at the main headquarters of Supreme Court in downtown Cairo, Egypt April 23, 2016 in this handout picture courtesy of the Egyptian Presidency. The Egyptian Presidency/Handout via REUTERS

The expanding jurisdiction of Egypt’s military courts

Thursday, October 13, 2016

Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal (C) walks with Mousa Abu Marzook (R), senior member of Hamas before giving speaking at a news conference at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, May 3, 2011. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR2LYH9

Head-hunting for Hamas

Beverley Milton-Edwards

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Syrian refugees are presented with a child's winter jacket by Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (L) on their arrival from Beirut at the Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada December 11, 2015. After months of promises and weeks of preparation, the first Canadian government planeload of Syrian refugees landed in Toronto on Thursday, aboard a military aircraft met by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. REUTERS/Mark Blinch - RTX1Y6VA

Canada: the country that actually welcomes refugees

Bessma Momani and Jillian Stirk

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

A bank employee holds up a stack of 50 piastre notes at Bank Misr in downtown Cairo, Egypt June 8, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RTSGPW8

Egyptian economic policy: See no evil, hear no evil

Adel Abdel Ghafar

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Pumpjacks taken out of production temporarily stand idle at a Hess site while new wells are fracked near Williston, North Dakota November 12, 2014. Falling oil prices have yet to spoil North Dakota's party, with billions of investment dollars still flowing for new wells and pipelines, apartments and shopping centers, a tacit bet the third energy boom in the state's history is just getting started. Picture taken November 12, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Cullen (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS COMMODITIES ENERGY) - RTR4T3EH

Gas industry has a great story to tell – but doesn’t.

Monday, October 10, 2016

Real challenge of the Algiers agreement will be deciding who cuts back

Sunday, October 2, 2016

Protesters from the Islamic Action Front carry banners and flags as they take part in a demonstration in support of Palestinians and against the violence that occurred at al-Aqsa Mosque, after Friday prayers in Amman, Jordan July 31, 2015. Masked rock-throwing Palestinians and Israeli police using stun grenades clashed on Sunday at al-Aqsa mosque plaza, on the annual Jewish day of mourning for Jerusalem's two destroyed Biblical temples. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

Is Jordan’s Islamist phoenix rising again?

Beverley Milton-Edwards

Thursday, September 29, 2016