عرب و اسلام سیاسی

To stem the growing threat posed by militant Islamist groups worldwide, Western countries should implement more effective countermeasures against recruitment at home while bolstering the positive regional examples set by Morocco and the Iraqi Kurds.

Manama's latest announcement could impact both the island's delicate political process and U.S. military interests in the region.

«اگر روزی دنیای اسلام هم مجهز شود به این سلاح‌هایی که امروز اسرائیل دارد، آن روز این راهبرد استکبار به بن‌بست می‌رسد. چون استعمال یک بمب اتم در داخل اسرائیل هیچ چیزی باقی نمی‌گذارد، اما در دنیای اسلام آسیب فقط می‌زند و این اتفاق دور از عقل نیست.» (۱۴ دسامبر ۲۰۰۱/ خطبه نمازجمعه روز قدس، ۲۳ آذر ۱۳۸۰)

Even Egypt's most well-educated military officer may have trouble selling the public on Sisi's prospects for overcoming the country's immense challenges.

The June 28 announcement that Prince Khalid bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz had been relieved of his post after just six weeks means that the kingdom is about to have its fifth deputy defense minister in fifteen months.

Aaron Y. Zelin examines the history and evolution of relations between ISIS and al-Qaeda, detailing factors that could help determine their respective agendas in the global Jihadi arena.

For the second time in less than a year, U.S. President Barack Obama is considering military strikes in the Middle East. But they will not fix the region's problems -- especially the ongoing war between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

In conventional political terms, Maliki likely remains the frontrunner for the premiership, but the argument that he is unable to stabilize the country by sharing power is once again gaining currency.

Washington should use the State Department's upcoming annual "Trafficking in Persons" report to amplify international calls for strategic Persian Gulf partners to reform their expatriate labor practices.