Middle East & North Africa

Newly displaced Syrian children arrive to a refugee camp in Atimah village, Idlib province, Syria September 11, 2018. REUTERS/ Khalil Ashawi - RC1969082B70

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A member of forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad stands with a civilian on the rubble of the Carlton Hotel, in the government controlled area of Aleppo, Syria December 17, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki - RC181701B570

Peacekeeping & Conflict Management

Managing the new threat landscape

Bruce Jones, Charles T. Call, Daniel Toubolets, and Jason Fritz

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U.S. President Donald Trump talks to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as they arrive for a dinner at the Art and History Museum at the Parc du Cinquantenaire during the NATO Summit in Brussels, Belgium July 11, 2018. Geert Vanden Wijngaert/Pool via REUTERS - RC1D6A6DA660

Order from Chaos

When strongmen fight: The US and Turkey need diplomats to resolve their leaders’ dispute

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Yemen

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Syria

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Ranj Alaaldin, Jason Fritz, Steven Heydemann, Bruce Jones, and Michael E. O’Hanlon

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Supporters of the Islamist Ennahda movement wave party flags during a campaign event in Tunis October 24, 2014. Tunisia will hold parliamentary elections on October 26 and a presidential ballot in November. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

Egypt

Islamist parties in North Africa: A comparative analysis of Morocco, Tunisia, and Egypt

Adel Abdel Ghafar and Bill Hess

Sunday, July 22, 2018

Syria

Beyond fragility: Syria and the challenges of reconstruction in fierce states

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June 2018

Young entrepreneurs work at the Amman-based Oasis 500, a seed investment firm which finances start-up firms in the region's information technology sector, November 2, 2011. Across the Middle East and North Africa, the Arab Spring uprisings have hurt many businessmen. Economies have slowed sharply as political uncertainty deters investment, new governments focus on trying to restore social stability instead of reforming economic policy, and labour unrest disrupts production and drives up costs. Oasis 500's Executive Chairman Usama Fayyad said governments had become more careful about appearing even-handed towards companies, even in countries that have been relatively untouched by the Arab Spring. In the long term, though, a cleaner, fairer business environment could, even more than other economic reforms such as deregulation and fiscal policy changes, help to solve one of the Arab world's biggest problems: job creation. A more level playing field could spur the growth of similar small and medium-sized firms. Picture taken November 2, 2011. To match Mideast Money ARAB-BUSINESS/SPRING REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) -

Middle East & North Africa

Marginalized youth: Toward an inclusive Jordan

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Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Demonstrators hold Palestinian flags as they celebrate after the U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a Palestinian-drafted resolution to fly Palestine's flag at United Nations headquarters, during a protest against Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah, September 11, 2015. There were 119 votes in favor out of 193 U.N. members.The United States and Israel were among eight countries that voted against the Palestinian-drafted resolution, which says the flags of non-member observer states like Palestine "shall be raised at (U.N.) Headquarters (in New York) and United Nations Offices following the flags of the member states." REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman - RTSMSD

Middle East & North Africa

After Oslo: Rethinking the two-state solution

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June 2018

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Order from Chaos

Four lessons for the post-Oslo era

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Thursday, September 13, 2018

PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat (R) gestures to Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (3rd R), as U.S. President Bill Clinton (2nd R) stands between them, following their handshake after the signing of the Israeli-PLO peace accord, at the White House in Washington September 13, 1993. Also in picture is Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres (L). REUTERS/Gary Hershorn (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - GM1E99E00JX01

Order from Chaos

The day Israeli-Palestinian peace seemed within reach

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Thursday, September 13, 2018

Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres (sitting 2nd R) signs the Israeli-PLO peace accord as then PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat (R), then Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (L) and then U.S. President Bill Clinton (back C) stand behind him during a ceremony, at the White House in Washington September 13, 1993. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - GM1E99D1UC401

Order from Chaos

The Oslo Accords at 25: A personal reflection

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Thursday, September 13, 2018

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A supporter of the Islamist Ennahda Party holds a party flag during a municipal elections campaign in Tunis, Tunisia April 28, 2018. Picture taken April 28, 2018. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi - RC1319B67DE0

Order from Chaos

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Friday, May 4, 2018

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