First, They Came for the Gulenists
Erdogan isn’t the root of Turkey’s troubles. It’s a deep-seated cycle of repression and revenge — with no end in sight.
David Bosco
Max Boot
Rosa Brooks
Thanassis Cambanis
Elizabeth Dickinson
Laurie Garrett
Kim Ghattas
Julia Ioffe
Leela Jacinto
Whitney Kassel
Jeffrey Lewis
Aaron David Miller
Suzanne Nossel
Thomas E. Ricks
David Rothkopf
Kori Schake
Emile Simpson
James Stavridis
Bruce Stokes
James Traub
Stephen M. Walt
Lauren Wolfe
Michela Wrong
Micah Zenko
RIP Turkey, 1921 – 2017
Recep Tayyip Erdogan didn’t just win his constitutional referendum — he permanently closed a chapter of his country’s modern history.
The Deep State Comes to America
In Egypt and Turkey, grand government conspiracies are a reality. In the United States, they're little more than fantasy.
Don’t Blame Sykes-Picot for the Middle East’s Mess
The focus on the century-old accord is a product of bad history and shoddy social science -- and it’s surely not the cause of the region's dysfunction.
‘How Happy Is the One Who Says, I Am a Turk!’
The war between the military and Kurdish insurgents is really a conflict over what it means to be a citizen of Turkey. That’s why there’s no end in sight to the bloodshed.
Egypt’s Coming Chaos
The assassination of a top official and a brazen attack by an Islamic State affiliate this week herald a prolonged period of bloodshed.
President Erdogan is playing politics with the centennial of the Armenian genocide
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is playing politics with the centennial of the Armenian genocide.
How to Get Egypt’s Generals Back on Our Side
Hint: pay them. And it's going to take a lot more than the $1.3 billion the U.S. government sends Cairo each year.
Fiddling While Kobani Burns
Turkey is talking tough about the Islamic State. But it’s still not ready for war.
The New Arab Cold War
As the United States steps away from the Middle East, its allies have tried to fill the void -- with disastrous results.
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