PA elections are off: A good thing?
For Fatah, it was not Hamas’ popularity that had it worried but rather its own declining position; the two aren’t mutually inclusive. In fact, most polls show Fatah maintaining an overall edge.
Anti-IS policy on the run
The strategic picture remains unclear.
Arm Syria’s moderates
That Syria's surviving moderate rebels lack the knowledge or capacity to advance a positive political agenda on the ground is a result of life under a half-century of authoritarianism.
What does Geneva truly tell us?
For Iran’s Middle East neighbors, though talks are still in the early stages, the promised payout from Geneva cannot be underestimated: a reduction in the regional proliferation of WMD.
Lebanon: The next crisis
In the north of the country, violence has already erupted along the very religious fault lines which are defining the conflict inside Syria.
