Alon Ben-Meir

Now that Iraqi forces, with the support of the international coalition, are gearing up to recapture Mosul—ISIS's last ...

Even before the failed military coup, Turkey’s President Erdogan governed like a dictator who had the last word ...

The forced resignation of Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu suggests only one thing—President Erdogan, who is totally absorbed ...

A question often raised is: are leaders a reflection of their time, or are they individuals who rise ...

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which was once at the front and center of the Arab world and ...

The horrific attacks in Brussels by terrorists affiliated with ISIS that claimed the lives of 35 people and ...

There is little else more injurious to any democracy than closing down news outlets and choking off freedom ...

The timely implementation of the Iran deal and Tehran's full compliance with its various provisions to date should ...

The Saudi decision to execute Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr at this particular juncture was a strategic act ...

The upheaval sweeping the Middle East suggests that it will be extraordinarily difficult if not impossible to resume ...

No new format for peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians can succeed unless it carefully considers the ...

Anyone who has followed Iran’s behavior since the 1979 Revolution cannot escape the fact that Iran is bent ...

What started as a civil war in Syria nearly five years ago has now evolved into an international ...

The word tragic has often been used to describe the civil war in Syria, but it is a ...

Prime Minister Netanyahu’s and Palestinian Authority President Abbas’ presumed public commitment to a two-state solution means little unless ...

I completely disagree with the characterizations of the deal as entirely good or bad, and certainly it is ...

Turkey made noteworthy progress between 2002 and 2010, but Erdogan attempt to amass more power and push Islamization ...

Giving the Sunnis in Iraq autonomy is the key to defeating ISIS in Iraq and achieving peace in ...

Young people attracted to violent, jihadist ideologies pose an increasing threat to Western societies, but the threat can ...

Arab states face an unprecedented challenge in the radicalization of their youth that can only be dealt by ...

Whereas the international focus today is on how to counter violent extremism, which is behind many of the ...

People around the world have passed judgment about the life of Israel’s most controversial leader.

When Basil Assad, oldest son and heir apparent to the late President Hafez Assad, was killed in a ...

On the surface, the United States and Israel appear to be on the same page regarding Iran’s nuclear ...

America’s friends and allies in the Middle East depend on the U.S.’s strategic vision, clarity, and resolve to ...