Middle East
The UAE’s Mars Mission Seeks to Bring Hope to More Places Than the Red Planet
Abu Dhabi's Mars Mission could enable a new generation of space exploration.
Ethiopia’s Tigray War Is Rooted in Power Politics
Ethiopia Slides Toward Civil War, Extending the Greater Middle East’s Arc of Crisis
Why Foreign Countries Are Scrambling To Set Up Bases in Africa
The Foreign Aid Game is Changing: These Are The Opportunities for Africa
Why African Countries Are Reluctant to Take Up COVID-19 Debt Relief
Trump 2024? Presidential Comebacks Have Mixed Success
Re-Election Hopes Fading, Trump Tries For Election Win in Courts
The Case of Biden Versus Trump: How a Judge Could Decide the Presidential Election
Why Donald Trump Still Appeals To So Many Evangelicals
Muslim Americans Assert Solidarity with Black Lives Matter, Finding Unity Within a Diverse Faith Group
As Fighting Rages in Nagorno-Karabakh, What is Azerbaijan’s Goal?
China and India’s Deadly Himalayan Clash Is a Big Test for Modi. And a Big Concern for the World.
China’s Quantum Satellite Enables First Totally Secure Long-Range Messages
How South Korea Scaled Coronavirus Testing While the U.S. Fell Dangerously Behind
Tajikistan’s Security Ties with China Are a Faustian Bargain
What Makes a State a State? Why Places Like Kosovo Live in Limbo
Coronavirus: Conspiracy Theories and Fake Videos Fuel Rise in Islamophobia
The Coronavirus Pandemic is Already Increasing Inequality
Eastern Mediterranean: A Microcosm of Regional and Global Battles
Defending Political Freedoms: Incidents in Israel and Scandinavia Raise Alarm Bells
Who Really Defeated ISIS: Obama or Trump?
The UAE’s Mars Mission Seeks to Bring Hope to More Places Than the Red Planet
Coronavirus: The Middle East’s Lessons Not Learnt and Missed Opportunities
Eastern Mediterranean: A Microcosm of Regional and Global Battles
Coming Home to Roost: War Threatens to Spill Beyond Syria’s Borders
Alexei Navalny Revolutionized Opposition Politics in Russia — Before His Apparent Poisoning
Why Are There So Few Coronavirus Cases in Russia and Africa?
Eastern Mediterranean: A Microcosm of Regional and Global Battles
The United States Faces Headwinds Pushing Central Asian Integration
Following Revolution, Armenia Comes to Terms With Eurasian Union
The Taliban Are Megarich – Here’s Where They Get the Money They Use to Wage War in Afghanistan
Love Jihad: An Islamophobic Hindu Nationalist Conspiracy Theory
China and India’s Deadly Himalayan Clash Is a Big Test for Modi. And a Big Concern for the World.
How Mumbai’s Poorest Neighborhood is Battling to Keep Coronavirus at Bay
‘Ertugrul’ in Urdu, a Hit in Pakistan, Showcases Turkish Soft Power
SpaceX: Crew Dragon is Returning to Earth – Here’s When to Hold Your Breath
The UAE’s Mars Mission Seeks to Bring Hope to More Places Than the Red Planet
SpaceX Astronaut Launch: Here’s the Rocket Science It Must Get Right
SpaceX Reaches for Milestone in Spaceflight – A Private Company Launches Astronauts Into Orbit
India Appears to Fail in Bid to Land on South Pole of Moon With Chandrayaan-2 Mission
Abu Dhabi's Mars Mission could enable a new generation of space exploration.
The ambitious Gulf Arab state has its eyes on Mars.
Turkey and the UAE join China, the United States, and others in a scramble for bases and ports.
Lining up on opposing sides are Middle Eastern, North African, and Eastern Mediterranean nations, Gulf states, Turkey, Russia, and Europe.
Washington is in a Catch-22 situation in the Persian Gulf region.
Despite considerable investment in education, Arab states struggle in their effort to create knowledge economies.
The UAE-backed ex-Palestinian security chief weighs his political options.
The divide between Gulf Arab states is playing out in responses to subjugated Muslim communities.
The Middle East information wars are only part of a larger battle that includes proxy wars and economic contestation.
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