by Marc Lynch | Sep 4, 2013 | Monitor
So you want to read up on the issues surrounding Syria, but you aren’t satisfied with the usual list of — often outstanding, sometimes less so — think tank reports, blogs and op-eds which usually get offered up? Well, here’s a selection of...
by Marc Lynch | Jun 28, 2013 | Monitor
If a group of Middle East analysts had been asked two years ago to rank which Arab heads of state were most likely to still be in power by the end of June 2013, the Emir of Qatar would almost certainly have been ranked #1. And for good reason: relatively young and...
by Marc Lynch | Jun 3, 2013 | Monitor
"Of course we made mistakes" isn’t something you hear very often these days from Arab (or any other) political figures. So I found it refreshing to hear that frank admission from Hamadi al-Jebali, former Tunisian Prime Minister and current...
by Marc Lynch | Dec 16, 2012 | Monitor
It has been widely noted that monarchies have done better at surviving the Arab uprisings that began two years ago. Three Presidents (Ben Ali, Mubarak, and Saleh) have fallen, along with Muammar al-Qaddafi’s unique Jamahiriaya, while Bashar al-Assad’s...
by casey.marye | Dec 2, 2012 | Monitor
— The Middle East Channel Editor’s Blog — There are plenty of strong reasons for the United States and the international community to remain deeply cautious about taking a deeper role in Syria’s internal war. Concerns about the nature of...
