The Globalist

A review of seven Mideast conflicts, each one ever more intractable.

The killing of Mr. Soleimani is bound to boost the hardliners in Tehran who are now expected to win next month’s Iranian parliamentary election.

For all of their original home country’s great history and culture, and the beauty of its landscapes, Lebanon remains a destiny of desire for emigrants, but no more.

Trump abandoning the Kurds will damage the U.S. and embolden its foes. It amounts to nothing less than treason.

Why the U.S. must fundamentally change its Middle East policy from false friendships to hard containment.

There cannot be true development in the Middle East without progress on women’s rights.

U.S. policy is confounding efforts to prevent the Middle East from barreling towards a nuclear and ballistic missiles arms race.

Are the warmongers in the U.S. faking attacks from supposed Iranian sources? The lessons of the Vietnam War provide a clear warning.

Saudi natural gas ambitions are likely to have geopolitical impact.

As Algeria shows, Saudi efforts to spread a counterrevolution throughout the Middle East are coming up empty.