Steven A. Cook

Steven A. Cook is the Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. His latest book is False Dawn: Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East.

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French President Emmanuel Macron gets off a plane as he arrives at Baghdad airport, on Sept. 2, 2020.

Macron Wants to Be a Middle Eastern Superpower
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A soldier runs for cover in Libya.

The End of Hope in the Middle East
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Palestinian protesters

The Middle East Plays Hardball, and the Palestinians Always Lose
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Fishermen cast their nets from a boat at sunset into the Mediterranean sea in the area of Dbayeh, north of the capital Beirut, on Dec. 5, 2019.

Lebanon as We Know It Is Dying
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Libya's interim leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil wave as they attend Friday prayers in Tripoli on Sept. 16, 2011.

Erdogan Is Libya’s Man Without a Plan
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