The ancient Arabic proverb, "Trust in God, but tie your camel," emphasizes the crucial balance between faith and personal ...

President Obama will speak today on new US policy toward the Muslim world in the wake of the Arab Spring. Let’s hope our nation’s Afghan strategists also note the big lesson of the Arab revolts — ...

Recently published analyses teach the following lessons: Lesson 1. The Arab uprisings are not necessarily democratic in nature, and liberal readiness to back them — morally or with arms and material ...

Filiu has produced an annotated chronology of the Arab uprisings that began in late 2010, based on the evidence available as of May 2011. It is an optimistic rendering, predicting the end of Arab ...

In the last seven weeks I have had the opportunity to make working visits to seven Arab countries and to engage in political and other discussions with local officials, academics, journalists and ...