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Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan holds a press conference in Istanbul after the AKP victory in the Turkish elections, November 3, 2002 (Staton R. Winter/Getty Images)

Commentary

The Cold War-era Origins of Islamism in Turkey and its Rise to Power

Behlül Özkan

Associate Professor, Marmara University

Behlül Özkan

Nov 5, 2017

Commentary

Long Read

MSP leader Abderrazak Mokri calls for a boycott of the presidential election, January 31, 2014 (Bachir Zemouri/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Commentary

Political Islam in Post-Conflict Algeria

Vish Sakthivel

Robert A. Fox Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute

Vish Sakthivel

Nov 2, 2017

Commentary

Long Read

Members of the Iraqi Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization) paramilitary forces southwest of Mosul, April 28, 2017 (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

The Origins and Ascendancy of Iraq’s Shiite Militias

Ranj Alaaldin

Visiting Fellow, Brookings Doha Center, Director of the Proxy Wars Initiative, Carnegie Corporation

Ranj Alaaldin

Nov 1, 2017

Commentary

6 Min Read

Tahrir Square, Cairo, January 24, 2016 (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Reports

Renewing the American-Egyptian Alliance

Samuel Tadros

Former Senior Fellow

Eric B. Brown

Senior Fellow

Samuel Tadros & Eric B. Brown

Reports

9 Min Read

Commentary

Trump Bypasses UN to Aid Middle East Christians

Lela Gilbert

Adjunct Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom

Lela Gilbert

Oct 25, 2017

Commentary

5 Min Read

In the Media

General Dunford Comments on Niger

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Oct 23, 2017

In the Media

Pro-Kurdistan independence rally in Erbil, September 22, 2017 (Image credit: Levi Clancy)

Commentary

Don't sacrifice our Kurdish allies to Iranian hegemony

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Oct 20, 2017

Commentary

4 Min Read

Supporters gather in Abidjan, during a ceremony marking the 50 years to the day since an independent republic of Biafra was declared, May 30, 2017 (SIA KAMBOU/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

Secessionism’s Dangerous Return

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Oct 17, 2017

Commentary

4 Min Read

Members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps on overseas duty in North Africa are reviewed by General Eisenhower, August 3, 1943 (Bettmann/Getty Images)

Commentary

How WW II American Leaders in North Africa Learned to Disregard the Interests of Jews