List of Middle East and North Africa articles
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Pres. Bill Clinton (C) w. (L-R) Mideast peaceniks King Hussein, PM Rabin, PLO chmn. Arafat & Pres. Mubarak in WH Rose Garden for Israeli-Palestinian accord signing. (Photo by Dirck Halstead/Getty Images) Why the Oslo Peace Process Failed
And what it means for future negotiators.
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Erdogan walks beside a row of Turkish flags. Erdogan Has No Choice but to Reconcile With Assad
The Turkish leader is in a weak position to dictate the terms of what the new normal with Syria will be.
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A Saudi man wearing a white traditional headdress walks past a framed Andy Warhol artwork. Saudi Arabia Really Wants You to Think It’s Cool
The desert kingdom’s rebranding project goes way beyond sportswashing. But it’s all a little too contrived.
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Soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo runs across the grass on a pitch as he celebrates a goal. Ronaldo's arms are outstretched, and he sticks out his tongue as he looks up at the crowd in the stands. The Gulf Is Playing Hardball With European Soccer
Critics say petrodollars are wrecking the beautiful game—in a way that rubles, euros, and baht never quite did.
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A close-up image shows Sisi's face with a serious expression. Egypt’s Sisi Rules by Fear—and Is Ruled by It
By falsely labeling all critics as Muslim Brotherhood shills, the Egyptian president shows how scared he really is.
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An Iranian holds a cardboard cutout of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz during a demonstration against airstrikes carried out by a Saudi-led coalition against Houthi and allied positions in Yemen, outside the Saudi Arabian embassy in Tehran, on April 13, 2015. Peace With Israel Means War With Iran
There’s a dangerous flip side to Saudi Arabia’s potential new diplomatic deal.
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with fellow BRICS leaders Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pose for a family photo, along with delegates from six nations invited to join the alliance at the BRICS summit in Johannesburg. they stand on a stage and wave and smile. BRICS Expansion Is No Triumph for China
But it is a warning shot for the West to end its strategic slumber in the global south.
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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan speaks at a podium during a joint press conference. Next to him, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein stands behind his own podium and frowns as he watches Fidan. A marble wall is visible behind the men, and the flags of Iraq and Turkey stand in front of it. Turkey’s Halt on Iraqi Oil Exports Is Shaking Up Global Markets
A diplomatic deadlock over a 50-year-old pipeline agreement is wreaking havoc in the region—and beyond.
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Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, pauses after drawing a red line on a graphic of a bomb while discussing Iran during an address to the United Nations General Assembly on September 27, 2012 in New York. Bibi Isn’t Serious About Preventing a Regional Nuclear Arms Race
Benjamin Netanyahu has long warned of the perils of a nuclear Middle East. Now he seems willing to allow Saudi nukes in exchange for normalization.
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Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower ride in a car. An Iranian-Led Coup Still Needed America’s Help
Despite revisionist claims, documents show the critical U.S. role in Mosaddeq’s fall.
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi waves as he walks through the 77th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City. Iran’s Grand Strategy Has Fundamentally Shifted
Tehran has shifted to using carrots in the region—and reserving sticks for the United States and Israel.
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Raisi speaks into a bank of microphones. There Are No Good Deals With Iran
But the Biden administration’s latest negotiations with Tehran are still the best option available.
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Vacationers on the shore of the Caspian Sea watch the parade in honor of the Day of the Navy of the Russian Federation in Kaspiysk, Russia. The Caspian Sea Is a Sanctions-Busting Paradise
Ghost voyages and dark port calls by Russian and Iranian vessels are enabling both countries to circumvent Western sanctions and thrive in a shadow economy.
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Signs with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s face and the slogan “Long live Egypt” are seen along a road outside Cairo International Airport on May 13. How Sisi Ruined Egypt
The coup leader-turned-president promised Egyptians prosperity, but the country is flat broke.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Africa After Prigozhin Is an Opportunity for the West
Despite Moscow’s best attempts at controlling the narrative, there exists a power vacuum in the region—and a need to rethink alliances.
