China’s inroads in the Middle East demonstrate how the region is still a critical front in the era of US-China competition.

The pro-democracy movement marked the end of Arab nationalism and unintentionally quickened a shift of regional power toward the Gulf States.

Despite mixed results, observers generally praised the Arab Spring as a revolutionary democratic moment for a region long mired in tyranny. Yet, 15 years on, it is clear that while popular demands for ...

The brave people of Syria threw off the yoke of tyranny after a long and bloody uprising and millions of jubilant Syrians are celebrating. I congratulate them on their hard-fought liberation. Could ...

THE SAUDIS put on plenty of pomp for Donald Trump when he visited Riyadh, their capital, this week: f-15 fighter jets to escort his plane, riders on Arab horses to accompany his motorcade, lunch in a ...

During his visit to the Middle East in May, U.S. President Donald Trump did several things that few would have predicted months or even weeks earlier. One was his surprise meeting with Syria’s new ...

The Middle East is a place that most American presidents want to avoid. Yet inevitably, they find themselves mired in its quarrels. Despite periodic calls for a pivot toward other geostrategic ...