By: Youssef Aboul-Enein Twelve academics at the American University of Cairo admit that the events of 2011, now called the Arab Spring, caught them unprepared Read more »
Sayyid Qutb’s “Milestones” and Its Impact on the Arab Spring
By: Steven G. Zenishek While not democracy in the American image, the Arab Spring has the potential to bring Islamists into conflict with jihadists. Read more »
Iraqi Provincial Elections: Iraq’s Political Pulse
By: Robert Tollast A Q&A with Kirk Sowell of Inside Iraqi Politics. Read more »
The Ansar of Yemen: The Huthis and al-Qaeda
By: Lucas Winter The pressures on Yemen are centrifugal rather than centripetal, by which the power of the center is weakened to the benefit of poles of regional power. These centrifugal forces could... Read more »
Syria is Not Rwanda
Anne-Marie Slaughter had a short but bombastic WaPo op-ed on Syria and chemical weapons use that requires comment: Obama should remember Rwanda as he weighs action in Syria ….The Clinton administration did not want to acknowledge that genocide was taking place in Rwanda because the United States would have been legally bound by the Genocide Convention of [...] Read more »
Venezuela’s Presidential Election: Chavez Runs Again – By Proxy
By: Thomas Macias Chavista strategists have decided its best course of action is to run Chavez for president for a fifth time, only this time by proxy. Read more »
Rumors of Central Command’s Decline are Wishful Thinking
By: Richard L. Russell What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens in the Middle East and South Asia spreads to the world. Read more »
Sudan: African Sequel to the Arab Spring?
By: Jason B. Nicholson Sudan is the Sub-Saharan country that most resembles those of North Africa, with its shared religion, culture, and language. Will the Arab Spring blow south? Read more »
Social Media and the Arab Spring
By: TJ Waters Social media's role in mobilization and narrative. Read more »
Chairman Mao vs. President Assad: People’s War in Syria
By: Jack Mulcaire The Free Syrian Army has moved their war into the second phase of Mao's "people's struggle." Read more »