When Morocco Dominates the Religious Scene, Moderation Follows. When Turkey or Iran Does, Terrorism Is Often the Result.
The Economic Pressures Behind This Diplomatic Pivot Are Urgent and Measurable
The United States Has a Temporary Hold on FIFA, Which Must Approve the Ban on Israel’s Participation for It to Take Effect
European Union Sanctions—Covering Oil and Petrochemical Equipment, Banking, Transport, and Insurance—Also Would Be Restored
His Reforms Would Introduce Accountability to a Judicial System That Critics Say Has Operated as a Bastion of Unaccountable Elites for Decades
If the United States Holds Turkey Accountable, It Nips in the Bud Turkey’s Use of Detention as a Political Weapon
Islamist Extremism and Violence Is Not Only a Foreign Policy Challenge—It Is Also a Domestic Security Crisis
Spotlight: Disappearing Christians of the Middle East
Christians in the Middle East have been been on a steady and dangerous decline for decades. They have survived for two thousand years in the lands where their religion first took root.
Now their very existence in most of the region is in question. Inhospitable governments and openly hostile, even violent, Islamists have driven them out or just slaughtered them. Will they be able to survive?
Now their very existence in most of the region is in question. Inhospitable governments and openly hostile, even violent, Islamists have driven them out or just slaughtered them. Will they be able to survive?
The Trigger Was Familiar: Rumors Alleging a Romantic Liaison Between a Young Coptic Man and a Muslim Woman
Middle East Quarterly - Current Issue
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Fall 2025 Volume 32: Number 4
Fall 2025 Volume 32: Number 4
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Gaza
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The Elimination of Hamas’s Most Dominant Figure Could Open a Small Window of Opportunity to Achieve Israel’s Elusive War Aims -
The Details of the Killing Show the Extent to Which Hamas No Longer Has Any Depth of Control over Any Part of Gaza -
Ceasefire Proponents Should Acknowledge Their Errors after Sinwar Death -
Iran’s mobilisation of assets in support of Hamas in Gaza has now, through a ladder of escalation, brought the region within visible distance of war between Israel and Iran.
