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Op-Chart: Turkey's Changing World
Turkey, which has experienced phenomenal economic growth over the past decade, no longer feels content to subsume itself under Europe.
Jan 30, 2012
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  • Soner Cagaptay
Brief Analysis
America, the Middle East, and U.S. Politics circa 2012
On January 17, 2012, Stanley Greenberg and Susan Glasser addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Mr. Greenberg, the chairman and CEO of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, has served as polling advisor to an array of world leaders, including Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Tony Blair, Nelson Mandela, and Ehud Barak
Jan 20, 2012
Articles & Testimony
The Empires Strike Back
Turkey will rise as a regional power only if it sets a genuine example as a liberal democracy and builds strong ties with all its neighbors.
Jan 14, 2012
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  • Soner Cagaptay
Michael Singh on C-SPAN
Appearing on C-SPAN's Washington Journal, Institute managing director Michael Singh talked about Iran and the Strait of Hormuz. Topics included Tehran's warning to Washington that the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis should not return to the Persian Gulf, the strategic and economic importance of the Strait of Hormuz, and
Jan 8, 2012
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  • Michael Singh
Brief Analysis
Tracking Economic Growth in the West Bank and Gaza since 2007
The West Bank has prospered more than Gaza since the 2007 split between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, and not just because of foreign aid.
Dec 27, 2011
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  • David Makovsky
  • Cory Felder
Brief Analysis
Recent Natural Gas Discovery off Cyprus Tests Diplomacy
A new gas field in the eastern Mediterranean will likely confirm the region's huge new energy potential but could lead to a diplomatic crisis between Cyprus and Turkey.
Dec 22, 2011
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  • Simon Henderson
Articles & Testimony
Turkey Moves Far Beyond Europe
While the world around it goes through economic and political convulsions, Turkey continues to expand its economic reach well beyond Europe and the Middle East.
Dec 22, 2011
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  • Soner Cagaptay
Articles & Testimony
Egypt's Growing Economic Crisis
Egypt's liberals should be focused on the economic long game, because whichever party delivers prosperity to Egyptians will rule.
Dec 20, 2011
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  • Michael Singh
Brief Analysis
Actions of U.S. Allies Crucial to Strengthening Impact of Sanctions on Iran
The new financial sanctions against Iran are significant, although key U.S. allies will need to do more to potentially impact the regime's nuclear program decisionmaking.
Dec 13, 2011
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Brief Analysis
Treasury's Response to the Arab Spring: Financial Tools for International Security Policy
Watch a senior Treasury Department official's discussion of his department's response to the Middle East revolutions of 2011.
Dec 2, 2011
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  • Daniel L. Glaser
◆ Counterterrorism Lecture Series
Brief Analysis
Impact of Sanctioning Iran's Central Bank
The debate over whether to sanction the Central Bank of Iran must consider the effectiveness of such action and the consequences for the world economy.
Nov 29, 2011
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  • Patrick Clawson
  • Simon Henderson
Articles & Testimony
China's Iranian Gambit
Beijing is playing a dangerous game: using the Islamic Republic to foil American interests in the Middle East.
Nov 1, 2011
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  • Michael Singh
Brief Analysis
Jordan's Evolving Strategy toward the Pressures of the Arab Spring
Although Jordan's new prime minister seems ready to address the public outcry over corruption, he may run into the same bureaucratic and economic impediments that have stymied previous governments.
Nov 1, 2011
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  • Hassan Barari
  • David Schenker
Articles & Testimony
Turkish Wirtschaftswunder
Welcome to the new Turkey: a strong economy and a strong foreign policy, at least until 2020
Turkey's sustained economic growth since 2002 has cast Ankara as the dominant power in its neighborhood.
Oct 23, 2011
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  • Soner Cagaptay
Articles & Testimony
Lights Out
By targeting Syria's energy sector, the United States can hit President Bashar al-Assad where it really hurts -- his pocketbook.
Jul 19, 2011
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  • Andrew J. Tabler
Brief Analysis
Israel and Lebanon at Odds over Offshore Border
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.
Jul 13, 2011
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  • Simon Henderson
Articles & Testimony
For the Love of Money
From whiskey to nuclear secrets, North Korea plays a remarkably entrepreneurial role in international affairs for a Communist regime.
Jul 7, 2011
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  • Simon Henderson
Brief Analysis
The Neglected Pillar: America's Economic Agenda in the Middle East
The Israeli-Palestinian portion of President Obama's May 19 speech generated much more attention than his comments on trade, investment, and development initiatives to promote growth and opportunities across the Middle East. Yet without a strong and credible economic program, efforts to advance Washington's political and security agenda in the region
Jun 22, 2011
Brief Analysis
In Search of Leverage with Syria
During his May 19 speech on the Middle East, President Obama defined America's policy objective in Syria by asking President Bashar al-Asad to either lead a political transition or "get out of the way." Asad shows no interest thus far in the former -- the death toll has reached 1,600
Jun 14, 2011
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  • David Schenker
  • Andrew J. Tabler
Articles & Testimony
Egypt and the Arab Fall
Egypt's stock market has plummeted, and the United States should do more to help.
Jun 1, 2011
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  • David Schenker

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Featured experts

Patrick Clawson
Patrick Clawson
Patrick Clawson is the Morningstar Senior Fellow and Research Counselor at The Washington Institute.
Simon Henderson
Simon Henderson
Simon Henderson is the Baker Senior Fellow and director of the Bernstein Program on Gulf and Energy Policy at The Washington Institute, specializing in energy matters and the conservative Arab states of the Persian Gulf.
Henry Rome
Henry Rome
Henry Rome was a Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, specializing in Iran sanctions, economic, and nuclear issues.
Michael Singh
Michael Singh
Michael Singh is the Managing Director and Lane-Swig Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute.
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