Kais Saied continues his assault on the Tunisian state
With a full economic collapse looming, an intervention by the military is becoming a distinct possibility.
With a full economic collapse looming, an intervention by the military is becoming a distinct possibility.
Trump recognized the wholesale annexation of one country by another. If Biden lets that stand, the global implications are deeply troubling.
He is playing an intricate game to ensure that at the end of the day the military coup will be a “fait accompli.”
Regional responses have been unclear, reactionary, and in some cases supportive of the recent military coup.
If it is to avoid going in that direction, there urgently needs to be a unified opposition and pressure from the outside.
The Tunisian president will probably look to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia for support, and other Arab states such as Egypt.
The House passed a bill that sounds good superficially, but doesn’t end the useless militarized approach or get to root problems.
The “Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Program” has done more harm than good and wasted taxpayer dollars.
New leaders have been appointed representing each of the three provinces as a way to build faith and keep a balance.
China’s primary focus is on the Asia–Pacific, but its leaders are nonetheless realizing that remaining aloof in the Middle East may not be sustainable.
If George W. Bush and Barack Obama sowed the seeds of the American chaos machine, Donald Trump represents the first true madman at the wheel of state, thanks to his volatile temperament, profound ignorance, and crippling insecurity.
It looks like the Blob is starting to come around to the idea that maybe the U.S. approach to the Middle East for the last 20 years or so hasn’t been all that great.
The struggle against corruption in the Arab world faces hurdles that may prevent today’s demonstrators from realizing the unformed and unrealized dreams of comprehensive political change.