The Strategic Incentives for Violent Extremism
By Barbara F. Walter On February 18th, the Obama administration will hold a Summit on Countering Violent Extremism.…
Browsing Category
Middle East
301 posts
The King is Dead. Long Live the King.
By Bridget Coggins Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah died last Friday. Salman bin Abdulaziz has been the Crown Prince…
Yemen is Even More Dangerous Than We Think
By Barbara F. Walter and Kenneth M. Pollack People think Yemen is dangerous to United States because of…
Looking Back on 2014
By Danny Hirschel-Burns It’s been another great year for Political Violence @ a Glance. We won the International…
The Case for Coalitions of the Unwilling
By Lionel Beehner For months, it was believed that the patchwork of 40-plus countries recruited in the fight…
Who is Doing What in Counter-ISIS Campaign?
By Steve Saideman The Atlantic Council has an interesting graphic about the missions in/over Syria/Iraq. It is a…
Local Ceasefires in Syria: What Are the Prospects?
By Oliver Kaplan What are the prospects for local efforts to reduce the killing in Syria? So far,…
Ride on the Peace Bandwagon
By Allison Beth Hodgkins There are no commemorative coins marking the twentieth anniversary of Jordan’s 1994 peace treaty…
Turkey, Syria, and the Dormant Dilemmas of Sovereignty
Guest post by Gabriel Mitchell and Ariel I. Ahram Since Turkey’s decision to support Bashar al-Assad’s ouster in 2011,…
Canaries in the Coal Mine: What the “End of Christianity in Iraq” Tells Us About the State of Governance in the Arab World
By Allison Beth Hodgkins Last month there was a depressing article in the Washington Post entitled “Christianity in…