Middle East

Turkey: Uprising’s currents run deep

July 31, 2013 By Conn Hallinan

Issues that fueled the May and June protests are hardly a laughing matter, and they are not about to quietly disappear.

“The Attack”: Can a love story explain the Arab-Israeli conflict?

July 16, 2013

Like many of the best movies ever, the story of Amin, Siham and their friends and family, is only the front part of the film, while the real story is taking place in the background.

Syria: a multi-sided chess match

April 2, 2013 By Conn Hallinan

The Syrian civil war resembles a chess match between supporters of the Bashar al-Assad regime: Iran, Iraq, Russia and China, and its opponents:Turkey, oil monarchies, U.S., Britain and France.

Egypt brokers Gaza talks as rocket fire continues

November 20, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

Egyptian mediators are meeting with leaders of Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Fatah and other Palestinian organizations, and with Israeli officials.

Middle East: the next four years

November 15, 2012 By Conn Hallinan

Over the next four years the U.S. will face a number of foreign policy issues, most of them regional, some of them global.