Without international diplomacy, the Middle East is going to run out of water — and it won’t be alone.
Rivers of Dust: The Future of Water and the Middle East
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Trump’s Calls to “Send Them Back” are Mainstream in Israel
The affinity between Trump and Netanyahu is more than personal. It’s rooted in a shared fantasy of a perfectly homogeneous society.
How to Lose Every War in the Middle East
Make no mistake: After 15 years of losing wars, spreading terror movements, and multiplying failed states across the Greater Middle East, America will fight the next versions of our ongoing wars. Not that we ever really stopped. Sure, Washington traded in George W....
Let’s Talk About Bernie Sanders and the Middle East
Foreign policy has taken a backseat to domestic issues in the Democratic primary thus far. There are two explanations for this. One is that the Democratic base simply doesn’t see foreign policy — apart from "terrorism," which at least has a foreign policy component to...
The Islamic State Singled Out Jordanian Pilot as Symbol of Air War Against It
At Global Guerillas, John Robb, author of the outstanding book Brave New War, explains exactly what he thinks the Islamic State was doing by burning alive Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh. First, he writes, it was a three-part presentation: an interview al-Kasasbeh,...
Burning Alive of Jordanian Fighter Pilot More Evidence Islamic State Refuses to Grow Up
It’s well known that revolutionary movements and/or terrorist organizations generally moderate the extreme violence that may have brought them to power. The Islamic State, however, which fancies itself even more than a state — a caliphate spanning existing states —...
Refugee Crisis: The Stunning Collapse of Syria’s Safe Spaces
While filming a documentary in Syria in the summer of 2003, I visited the Jaramana refugee camp near Damascus. Run by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine, Jaramana at the time housed around 5,000 registered Palestinian refugees from the Arab-Israeli wars of...
Jordanian Officials Fail to Respond to Israeli Shooting of Amman Judge
Israeli soldiers shot and killed an unarmed Jordanian judge on Monday at the Allenby bridge crossing between Jordan and the West Bank after reportedly arguing with Israeli border guards on his way back to Amman from the West Bank. Official Israeli statements claimed...
Jordanian Lawmaker Who Sought Reform Accused of Spying for U.S.
When Jordanian lawmaker Mustafa Hamarneh said last week that “Jordanian tribes should not be politically mobilized to advance political agendas” or to be “used in the public space other than being part of the social fabric and a social institution,” it caused a...
Jordanian Women Who Marry Immigrants Denied Civil Rights
Last December the spokesman for the Jordanian government, Mohamad al Moumani, announced that the government will not grant civil rights to Jordanian women married to non-Jordanian citizens. Instead, he said, “Jordanian women will be accorded services rights.” His...