Summary: A sustainable political settlement to end the multiple conflicts in Syria will not be possible without a real focus on the challenges of refugee returns. A sustainable political settlement to ...

Over the past decade, the United States and India have built the foundations of their nascent strategic partnership. Now both countries must address key economic and security issues to cement this ...

Summary: Saudi warplanes bombed a military airbase at Sanaa’s civilian airport and struck at other strategic locations in an air campaign to halt the advance of Houthi rebels. SANAA, Yemen — Saudi ...

The Arab World is facing a set of economic and social challenges, at the forefront of which are unemployment, poverty and public debt. The latter is a major obstacle to making headway in development ...

One of the most vexing questions regarding the Iranian nuclear crisis is that analysts are unable to determine whether or not Iran has actually decided to build nuclear weapons or whether it just ...

There’s a lot to learn from the lobster. Its transformation from disdained prison food to fine-dining delicacy reveals how culture shapes our palate and how people could start to get a taste for food ...

Summary: A comprehensive nuclear agreement with Iran is not an end in itself but a necessary precondition for a more effective EU policy in an unraveling region. The current transatlantic diplomatic ...

The internal debates over new amendments in Egypt reveal the renewed struggle between the president and the military for political dominance. Much of the focus on the Egyptian constitutional ...

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is in search of a new narrative. While Russia’s involvement in Eastern Ukraine and its annexation of Crimea will not give NATO a new sense of solidarity, ...

Major geopolitical shifts and internal dynamics are setting the stage for possible increased great-power competition in Central Asia between Russia and China at a time when the region is becoming less ...

Iran's nuclear program is becoming an increasingly large issue in Turkey. Despite abundant publications worldwide about Iran’s alleged efforts to develop nuclear weapons for more than two decades, ...

Summary: Egypt has presented an initiative to broker a deal between Hamas and Israel to end the current violence. President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi cannot afford to see it fail. As the Israeli attack on ...