President Obama will speak today on new US policy toward the Muslim world in the wake of the Arab Spring. Let’s hope our nation’s Afghan strategists also note the big lesson of the Arab revolts — ...

Recently published analyses teach the following lessons: Lesson 1. The Arab uprisings are not necessarily democratic in nature, and liberal readiness to back them — morally or with arms and material ...

Filiu has produced an annotated chronology of the Arab uprisings that began in late 2010, based on the evidence available as of May 2011. It is an optimistic rendering, predicting the end of Arab ...

In the last seven weeks I have had the opportunity to make working visits to seven Arab countries and to engage in political and other discussions with local officials, academics, journalists and ...

From Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Cairo, to the ongoing violence in Syria, Rami Khouri, columnist for Beirut's Daily Star recaps developments in the Middle East and reflects on ...

Effective causes need networks of people who have the strength to pull together in the face of opposition. That was one of the observations Andy Carvin, NPR’s senior strategist, discovered as he ...

After more than 20 years in the United States, Auntie Nour returns home to Cairo with a mission: to use her experiences abroad to help her family see others differently. Nour — the name means “light” ...

Even before the largest refugee crisis since WWII, governments across the Arab world have been struggling to provide quality education to serve a growing population of enrolled students. Even the top ...

The recent Arab Cup hosted in Qatar and the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco offer valuable insights into evolving models of sport event hosting, football development, and regional ...