عرب و اسلام سیاسی

Policy Analysis on عرب و اسلام سیاسی

Disappointed with the nuclear deal and sensing that Iran is challenging its leadership role in Islam, Riyadh seems prepared to ramp up bilateral tensions via oil production increases, sectarian provocations, and other tactics.

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Simon Henderson

Brief Analysis

The JCPOA and Iran's Internal Factional Battles

The nuclear deal and the negotiations leading up to it have been a significant source of factional confrontation inside Iran over the past few years, and this trend will continue for the foreseeable future.

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Mehdi Khalaji

Articles & Testimony

Our Response to Terror Must Be Reconciliation

In the wake of terrorist incidents, societies and their political leaders must avoid the impulse to give in to hatred, focusing instead on reconciliation at the personal, community, and intercommunal levels.

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Mohammed Dajani

Brief Analysis

Egyptian Visit to Israel Could Preempt International Peace Initiatives

Egypt and Israel are exploring more overt consultation beyond the quiet security sphere, where ties are closer than ever amid shared threats.

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David Makovsky

Brief Analysis

Libya's Struggle for Stability May Require Greater Western Involvement

As rival militias continue to dominate Libya's political and security landscape and the Islamic State threatens to evolve into a different but no less potent problem, the West should consider stepping up its efforts to foster a unified and functional national government.

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Ben Fishman

Video

'Islamist' or 'Islamic'? The Difference is Huge.

"Islamist" and "Islamic" may sound similar but the difference between them is huge -- and carries profound policy implications.

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Soner Cagaptay

Brief Analysis

Defeating the Islamic State in Sirte: Secondary Effects and Remaining Challenges

While recent battlefield successes against the group's Libyan stronghold are encouraging, the threat persists, and political dysfunction remains a significant obstacle to stabilizing the country.

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Andrew Engel

Fikra Forum

Saudi Youth Politics: Between Bombings and Theme Parks

As the kingdom attempts to counter the Islamic State's narrative by consolidating a common identity for those most prone to radicalization, it is simultaneously alienating others.

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Omar I. Alhashani

Articles & Testimony

Muslims vs. Islamists

Islamism is not a form of the Muslim faith or an expression of Muslim piety; it is, rather, a political ideology that strives to derive legitimacy from Islam.

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Soner Cagaptay

Brief Analysis

The JCPOA'S Regional Impact: Sinking Confidence in the U.S. Balancing Role

Left to their own devices and faced with an Iran on the march in multiple theaters, regional states have responded to the deal in an incoherent and dangerous fashion.

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James Jeffrey

Brief Analysis

Targeting Hezbollah's Home-Front Finances

A law passed in late 2015, known as HIFPA, has successfully intensified pressure against the Lebanon-based militant group.

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David Schenker
Katherine Bauer

Articles & Testimony

Words Matter in the Fight Against Islamism

The U.S. government needs to be clearer about the distinctions between Islam, political Islamism, and violent Islamism, in part by putting political correctness aside and involving Muslim Americans in the conversation.

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Robert Satloff

Articles & Testimony

As the ISIS Tide Recedes

The beginning of the end of ISIS's dominance over the Sunni Arab region of Iraq is at hand, following the Iraqi security forces' clearance of ISIS from most of Fallujah, the first Iraqi city to fall to the terrorist group. Only one major Iraqi city remains in ISIS' hands: Mosul

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James Jeffrey

Articles & Testimony

ISIL Introduces a New Jihadist Experience: Punishment in the West

After several months of directing or inspiring spectacular attacks on soft targets in Europe and the United States, the group may now be signaling its intent to start a new wave of violence that will 'punish' Westerners for their supposed 'legal deviance from Islam.'

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Jacob Olidort

Brief Analysis

High Noon in Bahrain: Will Tehran Blink First?

Bahrain's action against a high-profile Shiite figure has brought long-simmering tensions with Iran to a boil, and extremists could feel empowered to further escalate the crisis even if officials turn down the dial.

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Simon Henderson

Brief Analysis

Takfiris in Tehran: The Sectarian Face of Iranian Counterterrorism

While the severity of the Sunni extremist threat inside Iran is debatable, the regime's recent operations against suspected terrorists highlight its pattern of exploiting sectarian sentiment to bolster its regional adventurism.

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Mehdi Khalaji

Articles & Testimony

Terrorist Spillover in Jordan

While the general uptick in terrorist attacks on Jordan is troubling, perhaps the most disturbing aspect is the manner in which violent extremism is crossing socioeconomic lines.

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David Schenker

Brief Analysis

Vision or Mirage? Saudi Arabia's Ambitious Economic Plans

The deputy crown prince hopes his U.S. visit will help garner support for shifting the kingdom away from oil dependency, but his proposals need more rigorous questioning to ensure they are viable.

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Simon Henderson

Brief Analysis

Egypt's Costly Nuclear Project

Cairo's expensive nuclear deal with Moscow will likely increase the country's economic burden and susceptibility to Russian influence.

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Eric Trager

In-Depth Reports

State Islam in the Battle Against Extremism

Emerging Trends in Morocco and Tunisia

In the American policy debates over the causes, consequences, and potential cures of Islamist extremism, institutions of state Islam -- i.e., religious institutions that are formally tied to the states governing their respective countries -- have featured only marginally. Whether due to an understandable ambivalence toward overt engagement with religious

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Sarah Feuer

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The Washington Institute's Linda and Tony Rubin Program on Arab Politics focuses on social, political, and economic developments in the Arab world, with an emphasis on the Arab countries of the Levant.

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David Schenker is a Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute and former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs.

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