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November 8, 2011

United States
More Questions Than Answers in Secretary Clinton’s Remarks on the Arab Uprisings

U.S. president Barack Obama and U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton tour the Sultan Hassan Mosque in Cairo on June 4, 2009 (Larry Downing/Courtesy Reuters). Secretary of State Clinton’s speech l…

More Questions Than Answers in Secretary Clinton’s Remarks on the Arab Uprisings
Blog Post by Robert Danin Middle East Matters

May 27, 2013

Middle East and North Africa
Hezbollah, Syria, and the Brezhnev Doctrine

During the Cold War the Soviets pronounced the "Brezhnev Doctrine," under which no state that was in the Soviet camp would be permitted to leave it. This is my topic in an article in the new edition …

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

February 14, 2008

Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Bazzi: Who Killed Imad Mugniyah?

Mohamad Bazzi, former Middle East correspondent for Newsday, says evidence suggests Israel’s intelligence agents as the most likely source of the bomb that killed Hezbollah terrorist chief Imad Mugni…

Interview by Mohamad Bazzi and Bernard Gwertzman

May 6, 2016

Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa and Iran Aim to Resume Strong Trade Relationship

Tyler Falish is an intern for the Council on Foreign Relations Africa Studies program, and a student in Fordham University’s Graduate Program in International Political Economy & Development. South …

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Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell Africa in Transition

September 20, 2012

United States
Middle East Matters This Week: Violence, Demonstrations, Evacuations, and Conciliation

Significant Middle East Developments Libya. U.S. deputy secretary of state William Burns flew into Tripoli today to meet with Libyan officials and to attend a ceremony in honor of Ambassador Chris S…

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters during a public appearance at an anti-U.S. protest in Beirut's southern suburbs on September 17, 2012 (Hasan Shaaban/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Robert Danin Middle East Matters