Fear and Loathing in Bahrain

An anti-government protester flees after riot police fire rounds of tear gas to disperse them in the mainly Shi'ite village of Diraz (Hamad Mohammed/Courtesy Reuters)
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An anti-government protester flees after riot police fire rounds of tear gas to disperse them in the mainly Shi'ite village of Diraz (Hamad Mohammed/Courtesy Reuters)

A street vendor sells nuts during a demonstration against the government in Amman (Muhammad Hamed/Courtesy Reuters)
The Wikileaks Cable as Literature
Beam on the art of cable writing
Wikileaks and the Arab Public Sphere
Lynch on how Arab autocrats will confront the Leaks
Confirming the “bad chemistry”
Istanbul Calling on Wiki, America, and Turkey
Arabs and Iran
Sullivan and Goldberg duke it out over whether the Israel lobby is the only potent force advocating for war against Iran
From the Potomac to the Euphrates examines how debates about Mideast policy in Washington connect to the region, with a special focus on Egypt and Turkey.
“How can the United States help Egypt?” is a common question heard around the Beltway these days. There are lots…
As Iran loses ground in Syria, Lebanon, and the Gaza Strip, expect Tehran to try to shore up its ability…
Thanassis Cambanis claims that Lebanon’s Hizballah and the clerical regime in Iran are now fully vested factions in Syria’s civil…
This article was originally published on The Atlantic on Monday, May 12, 2013. Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Qandil announced a cabinet…
The Turkish government’s tepid response to the car bombings in Reyhanli last Friday should help bring to a merciful end…