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Once the military withdrawal is complete, Washington will need to tread gently on Iraqi sensitivities, shrug off snubs, and broaden the range of international voices capable of positively influencing Baghdad.

If Washington is not going to compel Asad to step down, the least it can do is help protect those Syrians brave enough to continue to call for change themselves.

U.S. policy toward the Asad regime could be affected by the recent indictment of a Syrian American for spying on U.S.-based opposition figures, especially if both governments respond with diplomatic expulsions.

Turks judge the world through the prism of the PKK.

Washington should not allow its differences with Israel to define the bilateral relationship, much less highlight them in the vain hope of winning the esteem of Israel's foes.

Although the Arab Spring is unlikely to fulfill the dearest hopes or darkest fears of U.S. policymakers, it is certain to change the Middle East forever, in ways we are only beginning to apprehend.

Testimony before the House Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia. The alarming state of human rights and freedom in Iran and Syria is a matter not only of moral urgency, but of vital importance to U.S. national security. I drafted this testimony sitting in a crowded coffee shop

Testimony before the House Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia. The Islamic Republic of Iran continues to be among the foremost countries in the world that systematically abuse human rights. The mechanisms of suppression in Iran have become so sophisticated that many of them are invisible. For instance

Despite devoting more than thirty years and $50 billion to secure the peace, Washington now finds itself with precious little influence in Egypt.