Arab & Islamic Politics

Although the Syrian army has shown signs of fraying for some time, the potential for more serious fissures is beginning to emerge.

As it remakes the Middle East, the Arab Spring is also realigning U.S. and Turkish policies.

The stabilization of Iraq has become wedged on a plateau, beyond which further improvement will be a slow process.

Egypt's political future is being decided by the military, the Muslim Brotherhood, and protest groups in the streets.

The recent indictment of senior Hizballah figure Mustafa Badreddine has the group on edge, and for good reason.

Egyptians are becoming increasingly angry and frustrated about the slow pace of political change.

Tensions are rising between Israel and Lebanon due to potentially huge offshore gas and oil reserves in yet-to-be-agreed "exclusive economic zones" in the eastern Mediterranean.

Testimony before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, U.S. House of Representatives. "Recently, I journeyed to Lebanon's Wadi Khaled to visit with Syrian refugees who fled from the Sunni Muslim village of Tal Kalakh, which is surrounded by a constellation of villages dominated by Alawites -- the heterodox offshoot of

As the Syrian crisis spills over into Turkey, the AKP's conflict-avoidance policy may not be sustainable.