Although many Arab states view the Iranian expansion in the region with concern, their greater fear is a victory for the Syrian revolution

Hints that Erdogan might accept a role for Assad were quickly corrected, despite Turkey’s limited options for achieving any of its goals in Syria

The rise of political Islam is closely linked to the birth of the modern state in Muslim societies and the exclusion of religion from the public space

Since a common Kurdish public sphere has emerged in the Middle East, a well-crafted regional policy has become a necessity for Turkey

The crisis within the Palestinian national leadership is the mirror image of the crisis within Fatah itself

Should the Brotherhood give up the struggle for democracy, Egypt would fall prey to the hegemony of a corrupt ruling class for decades to come

Most analyses of Iranian-Kurdish relations treat the Kurds as a foreign policy issue for Iran rather than a domestic one

When I resigned from the Aljazeera Network as a director general in 2011, I dedicated most of my time to an institution I founded together with a group of friends, researchers and activists in the Arab World, which we called Al Sharq Forum.