Most Americans are unaware that today’s Middle East is an artificial construct created by British and French diplomats (Sykes and Picot) after World War I to advance their empires’ economic and ...

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Christine Leuenberger, Cornell University (THE CONVERSATION) Maps are ubiquitous – on ...

The overthrow of other dictators in the region has led not to democracy but to terror and upheaval. Will Syria be different? If you have a mental map of the Middle ...

From the author: The imminent establishment of diplomatic relations between Israel and two Gulf states, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, is part of an on-going process of security cooperation ...

Hamas is signaling that it is prepared to defend the Gaza Strip against Israeli forces, according to a Washington-based think tank. On October 7, Hamas militants stormed from the blockaded Gaza Strip ...

Mr. Levy is the president of the U.S./Middle East Project and a former peace negotiator for Israel. At the U.N. General Assembly in September, the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, ...

A Brooklyn public school is under fire after one of its teachers displayed a map showing Middle East geography that left out Israel, angering parents and other New Yorkers across the city, according ...

The biggest question for the region in 2026 is what happens in Gaza. America’s role will continue to be crucial ...

The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) region has seen an increase in conventional international debt securities issuances by borrowers in the past few years. Before 2004, only ...

Most Americans are unaware that today’s Middle East is an artificial construct created by British and French diplomats (Sykes and Picot) after World War I to advance their empires’ economic and ...