A Saudi airstrike on a UAE-linked shipment in Yemen marked the most significant growing rivalry between former allies. From ...

Despite mixed results, observers generally praised the Arab Spring as a revolutionary democratic moment for a region long ...

Some declare the Arab Spring over and its revolutions a failure, with counter-revolutions ranging from political to violent. The news from the Middle East after the Arab Spring is often dismal. But ...

Fifteen years after the Middle East’s largest pro-democracy movement, the West still has not learned that supporting ...

China’s inroads in the Middle East demonstrate how the region is still a critical front in the era of US-China competition.

In the wake of the Arab Spring and the global financial crisis, focus has been on the world’s new and so-called “disrupted society.” But I would avoid using such a negative phrase for Jordan; which is ...

Editorial Page Writer Sohrab Ahmari marks the fifth anniversary of the movement that swept the Middle East. Photo credit: 3arabwy. Thursday marks a bitter anniversary in the Arab world. On Dec. 17, ...

Khalil Shikaki is the world’s foremost pollster and interpreter of Palestinian public opinion. A senior fellow of Brandeis’ Crown Center for Middle East Research, he has directed the Ramallah-based ...

1. Obama’s 2009 Cairo speech helped inspire the Arab Spring. Nothing could be further from the truth. By the time of these rebellions, the Arab and Muslim romance with President Obama had long ...

The Arab Spring is not a completed event but a process that has fundamentally altered the region’s political landscape… but ...

Read and hear stories from the Morning Edition series, The Arab Spring: One Year Later. The demonstrations that spread across the Middle East in 2011 unseated leaders in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya.

Suddenly, people all over the Arab world are feeling a sense of pride—and the West is paying attention. By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional ...