6 Years Later, Arab Spring May Only Have Just Begun
There are bright spots in the Muslim world, but a sense of ominousness is inescapable. It doesn’t just seem like the Arab Spring is over, but that the winter is here to stay.
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Obama Appeals to American Exceptionalism
But do we still think we’re more ethical?
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“Hem and Haw”: A Failed Syria Strategy
Where Bush offered shock and awe, Obama offers the hem and haw. War, but not a serious one; aid, but of the “non-lethal kind”; a desire to draw red lines, but a tendency to hope nobody notices them.
Read MoreSyria Receives Sudanese Weapons on Ukrainian Aircraft via Qatar and Turkey
Just when you thought Syria couldn’t get more confusing…
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Which Islamists?: Religion and the Syrian Civil War
A scholar returning from a visit with Syrian opposition figures discusses the role of religion in the Syrian civil war, including whether it’s a sectarian war, what Americans need to know, and whether a post-war Syria will be an Islamic state.
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How to Prevent Ethnic Cleansing in Syria
In the Muslim world, pluralism collides with democracy and sovereignty, which is far more interesting and alarming than the battle lines we’ve imposed on the Middle East—of secularists versus Islamists, of free-thinking liberals versus religious autocrats.
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