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Comment: In 2019, the contours of an epic struggle became clear, without hinting at who will prevail in the next decade, writes Rami Khouri.
Book Club: Stacy D. Fahrenthold’s new book offers insight into the politics of migrant communities and their connections to their countries of origin, reviews Usman Butt.
From Balfour to Boris: Britain's broken promises in Palestine
The long read: In its centenary year, Professor Avi Shlaim examines the impact of the Balfour Declaration and Britain's 'deviousness, duplicity and double-standards' in Palestine, writes Ben Clarke.
Speaking music to power: A study in Reformations
Blog: 500 years after the start of the Protestant Reformation, music still fuels protest and foments revolution, writes Hadani Ditmars.
Deconstructing the idea of foreign fighters in Syria
Comment: Facile interpretations of jihadist motivations are dangerous and counterproductive, writes Tristan Dunning.
Blog: A family reunion wasn't the retreat Hadani Ditmars had been hoping for.
Inside the Arab mind: Questions on Syria and beyond
The long read: Nael Shama asks what future lies ahead for Arab societies, if the choice - six years after the Arab Spring, is between tyrannical ...
The US and IS: Weaving conspiracy theories in reverse
Comment: Critical historical analysis is the best response to the poisonous conspiracy theories manufactured by the likes of both Bannon and IS, ...
Big in exile: The sonic journeys of 47SOUL
Before relocating to London in 2014 the four members of Palestinian electro outfit 47SOUL had never lived in the same city. Exile has proved a ...
Is the Syria-Iraq border still relevant after IS defeats?
Analysis: The Islamic State group imposed its 'caliphate' across swathes of Iraq and Syria, but as they are beaten back from Mosul, will Iraqi ...
Sykes-Picot: Phase two of a Middle East partition process
Comment: The processes of separation and partition put in place by the agreement have continued to replicate themselves for the last century, ...
The spectre of tomorrow: After the battle for Mosul
Despite promises that IS will be defeated after Mosul is recaptured, the fight for the Iraqi capital of the 'caliphate' is turning out more ...
Bringing the Syria Campaign out of Blumenthal's 'shadows'
Critics claim that the Syria Campaign is a 'shadowy' operation, but they just don't look hard enough.
Peace in the Middle East: Federalism, not territorial disintegration
Comment: Much has been said about redrawing Middle East borders along ethnic, linguistic or sectarian lines, but the wholesale breakup of ...
Comment: Instead of dividing existing states, or sustaining "fierce but brittle" states, the aim should be to bring about institutions that are ...
Obama's last-ditch effort to resolve the Arab-Israeli crisis
Comment: Robert Springborg asks whether Obama's diplomatic gamble is any more likely to succeed than the attempts of his predecessors.
Comment: The argument that Iraq and Syria are false entities, clumsily constituted by Sykes-Picot is at best lacking in ...
Sykes-Picot and the right to self-determination
Comment: 100 years ago today, Britain and France carved up the Middle East along lines that have made infamous the names of Sir Mark ...
Is Iraqi Kurdistan about to declare independence from Baghdad?
Most but not all political forces of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region are preparing to hold a referendum on independence next year, but ...
French spy chief warns of 'end of Middle East'
The conflicts in parts of the Middle East could lead to 'the end' of the region 'as we know it, Bernard Bajolet, head of France overseas ...
Jeremy Corbyn's cautious support for Palestine as Labour leader
Analysis: As Israeli politics shifted further right, the UK's Labour party has moved to the left. What will Labour look like under the ...
What's in a flag? Raising Jordan's red standard high
Analysis: King Abdullah decided that the Hashemite flag - filled with Islamic symbolism - should be raised on army day, rather than the national ...
Old wars, new wars. A woman's view
Comment: Women and children are suffering in wars across the Middle East. If more women were in positions of power things would be different, ...
The following is reflection on a journey from one end of the Islamic State group's self-proclaimed caliphate in Raqqa to the other, in Mosul. ...
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