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Ethiopia Slides Toward Civil War, Extending the Greater Middle East’s Arc of Crisis
The conflict between Prime Minister Abiy and Tigrayan nationalists could put Ethiopia on the path to civil war.
Ethiopia’s Tigray War Is Rooted in Power Politics
Ethiopia Slides Toward Civil War, Extending the Greater Middle East’s Arc of Crisis
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The conflict between Prime Minister Abiy and Tigrayan nationalists could put Ethiopia on the path to civil war.
Iran has become the poster child of what happens when the public distrusts a government that has a track record...
Lining up on opposing sides are Middle Eastern, North African, and Eastern Mediterranean nations, Gulf states, Turkey, Russia, and Europe.
Much of the international community falsely assumed that a Syrian victory in Idlib would create a fait accompli that Turkey...
The civilizationalist approach is making itself felt not only in lands governed by civilizationalists.
The rise of civilizationalist leaders in democracies empowers anti-liberal and anti-democratic forces.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is at odds with just about everybody.
Iran’s attractiveness to Central Asian nations increases the Islamic republic’s importance to the Belt and Road, China’s infrastructure, transportation and...
Trump, like many of his other likeminded civilizationalist leaders, is contributing to a world in which mass migration, radicalization and...
Mounting violence on the streets of Lebanon and Iraq will do little to rebuild confidence in Arab militaries.