عرب و اسلام سیاسی

Facing pressure from General Haftar and his foreign military backers, the Tripoli government has welcomed the helping hand extended by Ankara, whose own lack of regional options has drawn it into the middle of another conflict.

Polling results from five Gulf countries show where citizens and their leaders converge and diverge on Iran, U.S. relations, and other crucial foreign policy matters.

In 2012, during a moment of national and regional consensus, the reserved, nonthreatening Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi was chosen as temporary president of Yemen. But Hadi, now seventy-four years old, has held onto power ever since, despite lacking a large base of domestic loyalists. Most important for the Yemeni people, the war needs to end with either a transitional council or elections so that a future leader enjoys the popular legitimacy Hadi lacks.

Directly investing in nongovernmental enterprise and giving international approval to private competition can change the dynamic in individual countries, promote liberal economies, and give citizens greater agency.

تعدادی از قبایل قدرتمند عراق به خاطر عصبانیت از سوء رفتار شبه‌نظامیان ایرانی و ناکامی‌های روزافزون بغداد، سنت وفاداری فرقه‌ای خود را کنار می‌گذارند و برای محافظت از نیازهای اساسی خود گاه با خشونت عمل می‌کنند.

Bahrain’s prime minister, Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa, has held his position since 1971, the year his country gained independence from Britain, but he is now eighty-four and evidently in uncertain health. Potential candidates to replace him include Crown Prince Salman or even a much younger nephew, Nasser bin Hamad, mirroring the generational handover in Qatar and Saudi Arabia. But the Khawalids, an influential, once-sidelined branch of the ruling family, also merit attention as Bahrain nears the end of an era.

An expert testifies on the concrete steps Washington can take to ensure that a credible, technocratic government forms in Beirut, and that the Lebanese Armed Forces protect civilians from Hezbollah-led reprisals.

جناح رئیس‌جمهور روحانی که با چشم‌اندازی تیره‌وتار در انتخابات آینده ایران روبه‌روست، در تلاش است تندروان را قانع کند که توافق هسته‌ای را زنده نگه دارند تا بتوانند زرادخانه نظامی خود و مداخلات‌شان در خارج از مرزها را گسترش دهند.

ایالات متحده به سیاست واقع‌گرایانه رو آورده است، اما منافعی راهبردی در حمایت از تظاهرکنندگان عراقی دارد.