The study pinpoints a particular area and time period where climate change had a profound impact: countries affected by the Arab Spring between 2010 and 2012.
Ahead of elections next week in Lebanon, it's looking like corruption as usual.
Sanaa, Yemen: Despite political unrest during the early months of protest during the Arab Spring, a Yemeni man keeps his shop open, selling nuts and dried fruit.
A fish vendor's death late last year gave rise to popular anger over poor governance in the North African nation. That could have implications beyond just Morocco.
Don’t mistake the current demonstrations in Morocco for what happened in 2011.
Despite the Arab Spring's secular influence, the Middle East is still one of the most dangerous places on Earth to be an atheist.
Five years on, researchers weigh in on how we got from Tunisia and the Arab Spring to where we are now.
Researchers say yes—human impacts on the climate made droughts leading up to the war two to three times more likely.
Sami ben Gharbia was one of the first recipients of the "Cablegate" files.
Two years ago, illegal arms deals helped Libya's rebels topple a dictator. Now it's Syria's turn, and the rules haven't changed.
Tunisia had been a relative bright spot among the emerging democracies of the Arab Spring, but an unprecedented political assassination has reintroduced turmoil on the streets of Tunis. Our Marc Herman interviews a Tunisian journalist on what it means for the land of the Jasmine Revolution.
Food prices, more than some lousy video, are to blame for the violence sweeping the Middle East.
Despite the fervent hopes of its boosters, the Internet by its lonesome doesn’t drive democratic change, but it can reinforce existing impulses.
Central plazas were key places for political action in 2011, but historian Jeffrey Wasserstrom says the Town Square Test fails as a method for assessing the divide between democracy and authoritarian.
Post-dictatorship Tunisia’s recent election for assembly benefited women and showed the power of technology.
Analysis: The military strongmen who oversaw Egypt's political hierarchy for six decades hover ominously over the nation's new democracy. Nivien Saleh argues the U.S. has the power to pry the generals' fingers off the levers of power.
As our correspondent in Libya has learned, rushing to the ballot box might be the biggest mistake there is.
Competing solar projects are vying to supply Germany's renewable desires, each one trying to push the other into the shade.
While the Arab Spring spotlight has marched on to Syria and Libya, pioneering Egypt's first steps have by followed by little-noticed stumbles.
"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!" shout embattled Middle Eastern potentates grasping for a second lease on life by playing the "Wag the Dog" card.