Did an Executive With the Trump Organization’s Mideast Partner Donate to the Sanders Campaign?
The news comes amid suggestions that Moscow bolstered not just Trump’s campaign but also opposition to Clinton in the primary.
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Can Paradoxical Thinking Promote Peace?
Israeli researchers report a counterintuitive psychological intervention can soften hard-line attitudes. By Tom Jacobs Israeli police frisk a…
The Unique Burden of Covering Climate Change in the Middle East
Some of climate change’s earliest effects have desolated areas of the Middle East and destabilized regional governments. For…
‘If There Is Peace, It Will Look Like This’
A group of 20-something men have taken over a stretch of grass in the largest park in Jerusalem…
The Economics of War and Peace
A new report from the World Bank highlights the devastating economic consequences of civil war.
The Danger of a Single Book
In her new book, Katherine Zoepf powerfully re-works the narrative on young women in the Arab world.
The Hard Lives of Non-Believers in the Middle East
Despite the Arab Spring's secular influence, the Middle East is still one of the most dangerous places on Earth to be an atheist.
Our Frenemies in the Middle East
American foreign policy doesn’t often see beyond friend and foe, but it should.
America’s Saudi Liability
Saudi Arabia's execution of Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr demonstrates that Riyadh is able to act with growing impunity in the Middle East. It also signals a potentially dangerous shift in American-Saudi relations.
From ‘Facebook Revolution’ to ‘Twitter Jihad’
Five years on, researchers weigh in on how we got from Tunisia and the Arab Spring to where we are now.