Republicans will face tough choices in a turbulent and decisive year for US politics ..By Hussein Ibish

If you’ve found the Donald Trump presidency tumultuous thus far, brace yourself – 2019 is likely to include numerous turning points with profound implications for both US domestic politics and foreign policy.... Read more »

Tunisia’s Best Hope for Economic Reform .. By Bobby Ghosh

Central bank head Marouane El Abbasi can take stands that politicians can’t.   Eight years after supplying the spark that lit the Arab Spring, Tunisia is again bracing for political upheaval in... Read more »

Want to boycott Israel? The 1st Amendment allows it — but Texas doesn’t

Bahia Amawi worked for nine years as a speech pathologist for a Texas school district. But in September, when it came time to renew her contract for the coming year, she was... Read more »

How two angry protests sum up Europe’s politics .. By Ishaan Tharoor

The mass demonstrations that rocked two European capitals on Sunday told a continental story — an illustrative arc that begins with populist ire and anti-migrant sentiment and ends with disillusionment with an increasingly... Read more »

What Would Syria Return to Arab League Mean?

Over the past two years, the Syrian government made serious advances on the military stage by inflicting decisive defeats on the Western and Arab front-backed terrorist groups who planned to split the... Read more »

Trump sparks a debate over the future of American power .. By Ishaan Tharoor

President Trump will retreat to his Florida resort at the end of this week. Nearing the halfway point of his term in office, his political isolation in Washington is deepening. A slew of candidates... Read more »

Tunisia is under threat from a Gulf-backed coup. Will the world let it happen?

The presence of a peaceful Islamist movement in Tunisia is a thorn in the side of the dictatorships in the Gulf and Egypt, who seek to end the country’s fragile experiment with... Read more »

Tunisia is under threat from a Gulf-backed coup. Will the world let it happen? .. By David Hearst

The relationship between Rached Ghannouchi, leader of the Tunisian Ennahda party and the Islamist father of the Arab Spring, and Beji Caid Essebsi, the Tunisian president and an « old wolf » from the days of late... Read more »

Oppression in the Middle East is worse than ever — and Trump is encouraging more .. By Editorial Board

AS CONGRESS considers its reaction to the state-sponsored murder of Jamal Khashoggi, it’s important to take into account that it was not an isolated act. The strangling and dismemberment of the journalist... Read more »

Thinker: Palestinian people restored ‘balance of power’ .. By Ali Abo Rezeg

The resilience and steadfastness of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, West Bank and Jerusalem have restored the balance of power between Israel and the Palestinian resistance, according to Munir Shafiq, a Palestinian... Read more »