The Middle East in 2014
Disclaimer: This section features a selection of noteworthy analysis and forecasts which reflect the opinions of their authors. They do not necessarily reflect those of the Foundation for a World in Transition, nor of its members. The Foundation encourages the open exchange of opinion amongst its members yet does not take any institutional position.
Middle East Notes and Comment: Radicalism Four Years into the "Arab Spring"
By Jon B. Alterman
Center for Strategic & International Studies - December 15, 2014
Syria: The View from Moscow
By Dr. Christopher Phillips
Royal Institute of International Affairs - December 10, 2014
Lebanon’s Dangerous Downward Spiral
By Aron Lund
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - November 24, 2014
Unnecessarily ‘Weaponising’ the Iran Talks will Scuttle Them
By Timothy Stafford
Royal United Services Institute - November 19, 2014
A Partnership for Egypt
By Jon B. Alterman
Center for Strategic and International Studies - May 22, 2014
The Need for a New “Realism” in the US-Saudi Alliance
By Anthony H. Cordesman
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - March 17, 2014
Iran: A Good Deal Now in Danger
By Jessica Tuchman Mathews
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - January 21, 2014