he greatest problem facing the Middle East today is the prevalence of failed states. These states lack the capacity to…
By: Bailey Palmer When the Arab Spring seized the world’s headlines in 2011, there was excitement in the air. Indeed,…
By: Andrew Peoples In the wake of the Occupy movement and Arab Spring, Time magazine named “The Protester” its 2011…
By: Aashka Dave American aid to Egypt has become a contentious subject in light of the recent Egyptian revolution. This…
By: Jacqueline Van De Velde A bloody crackdown on pro-Morsi Islamists by Egyptian security forces on August 14 allegedly has…
By: Patrick Wheat On July 3, the Arab Spring took another sharp right turn when the Egyptian military removed President…
By: Andrew Jarnagin The events of the Arab Spring that culminated in the ousting of heads of state across the…
By: Virginia McNally Students of Egyptian history are aware of the ancient “intermediate periods” –times of upset, conflict, or a…
By: Lauren Anderson Like many Americans, the sights of a jubilant Tahrir Square amid last year’s Arab Spring movement spurred…
By: Cody Knapp When protests against the rule of Libya’s long-time dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, began back in February 2011, few…
By: Sami Jarjour President Bashar al-Assad and the Syrian government apparently have no construct of even the slightest degree of…
By: Sami Jarjour In his 2006 work Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy, Noam Chomsky…
By: Khalil Farah “Our greatest enemies are Pershing missiles and Western music” -A. Vellamaa, Russian CP official: Mr. Vellamaa’s remarks…