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In coming years, if the United States is going to try to do less in the Middle East, it is going to have to count on its regional allies more.
More destabilization and human suffering is certain unless the Biden administration is ready to respond to Russian efforts that would impede aid flows and reinforce Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
“بينما ليس هناك حل عسكري للصراع، فليس ثمة حل سياسي أيضًا”.
Iran was caught off guard by the July 2020 round of conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Tehran was even more alarmed by the proactive role Moscow and Ankara played during and in the aftermath of the six-week war that ended with the Russian-brokered ceasefire on November 10. In fear of being kept on the sidelines, Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif embarked on a regional tour last month to Azerbaijan, Armenia, Russia, Georgia and Turkey.
Femicide and other gender-based violence are turning into a real public-health crisis in Algeria. Recent killings have sparked outrage and many Algerians have expressed their anger on social media over this dangerous trend of violence against women, with the hashtag #WeLostOneOfUs trending on Twitter. In Algiers, Béjaïa, Constantine, and Oran, hundreds of women defied pandemic lockdown restrictions to protest and voice their anger over the increase in femicides in the country and the state’s inertia.
Since its founding the IRGC has evolved into a significant military and financial player in Iran. Khatam al-Anbiya, its construction arm, gets funding from the government for all kinds of major building projects. It is particularly actively in water management projects, like dam construction and water transfer schemes, and it forms a key part of Iran’s “Water Mafia.”
The normalization processes are deeply significant to the balance between Israel and Iran.
For years pundits have argued that Palestinian elections cannot take place in the occupied territories until there is reconciliation between the warring factions of Fatah and Hamas. The conflict between them led to the creation of two parallel governments, with Fatah controlling the West Bank and Hamas in charge of Gaza. This situation produced parallel laws and, most importantly, parallel security forces. While these differences remain unresolved, elections, which were once considered impossible without reconciliation, are now being used to achieve reconciliation. On January 11, a Palestinian presidential decree announced legislative elections for May 22 to be followed by presidential elections on July 31.
Following a tumultuous period in Washington, during which the Capitol was stormed by rioters and Donald Trump became the first president to be impeached twice, many in the United States and around the world were left feeling concerned and unsettled.As a Georgian who has seen the U.S. play a transformative role in building my country’s young democracy, the attack on Capitol Hill was something I could never have anticipated. My fear stemmed not from feeling unsafe in downtown DC, but rather from the consequences of U.S. instability and fragility on those countries that rely on its support to build democratic institutions and adopt western values.
في حلقة ‘آراء من واشنطن’ يستعرض إبراهيم الأصيل رأيين، الأول لأليكس ڤاتنكا حول إيران، والثاني لكارول كاسبري حول رفض إسرائيل تقديم اللقاحات للفلسطينيين وخيارات السُّلطة.
الحلقة الرابعة من سلسلة ‘آراء من واشنطن’. يستعرض إبراهيم الأصيل رأيين، الأول لأليكس ڤاتنكا حول إيران، والثاني لكارول كاسبري حول رفض إسرائيل تقديم اللقاحات للفلسطينيين وخيارات السُّلطة.
When it comes to the Persian Gulf, saving the environment might seem like it would be the last item on the to-do lists of the region’s Iranian and Arab rivals. It is an urgent matter, however — and one that could help turn these foes into friends. The United States can play an important role in this: It has helped the region to resolve conflicts over water in the past, and it could do so again.
حلقة 1 من سلسلة “آراء من واشنطن”، نستعرض فيها آراء السفير جيرالد فيريستاين حول تصنيف الحوثيين كمنظمة إرهابية، والباحث ايميليانو اليساندري حول الانتقال الديمقراطي في تونس.
حلقة 2 من سلسلة “آراء من واشنطن”، نستعرض فيها رأي بول سالم (رئيس معهد الشرق الأوسط) حول الانتقال الرئاسي في الولايات المتحدة وأجندة بايدن.
