NORTH AFRICA: THE DILEMMA OF THE SECULARISTS
Anouar Boukhars discusses the future of secular parties in North Africa view article

 

CAN MOROCCO'S ISLAMISTS CHECK AL-QAIDA?
Wendy Kristianasen discusses how Morocco’s elections in September could be decisive since its moderate Islamists seem poised for easy victory. The PJD has watched the electoral success of Turkey’s Islamists, but Morocco may not yet be ready to follow the Turkish way. view article

 

MAURITANIA'S VULNERABILITY TO AL-QAIDA INFLUENCE
Anouar Boukhars describes how the al-Qaeda order in the Maghreb region of North Africa appears to be re-energizing, as evident in the broader drumbeat of terrorist attacks that have diversified in regional reach. view article

THE THREAT OF ISLAMIST TERRORISM TO GERMANY
Anouar Boukhars provides his perspective on Germany’s discomfort with its Muslim Minority. view article

 

DEALING WITH GLOBAL OIL SUPPLY DISRUPTIONS:

Dr. Yetiv and Mr. Townsend argue that the creation of global oil stocks offers a vital cushion that was largely absent prior to 1975, which adds some bedrock under the shifting sands of global oil markets, and represents nothing less than a structural change in global oil markets. view article

 

THE IRANIAN PETROLEUM CRISIS AND UNITED STATES NATIONAL SECURITY :

Roger Stern, an economic geographer and national security analyst in the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, argues in this article that Iran has ensnared itself in a petroleum crisis that could drive its oil exports to zero by 2015. view article

 

AT THE CROSSROADS : SAUDI ARABIA'S DILEMMAS:

Dr. Boukhars analyses the deep intra-societal struggle that cuts across all formative institutions of Saudi Arabia. view article

 

WHAT HAMAS WANTS:

In this article, Paul Delmotte shows that Hamas has taken steps toward possible negotiation with Israel - and de facto recognition - which neither Israel nor the international community has acknowledged. . view article

 

LESSONS FOR A "GRAND BARGAIN" WITH IRAN AND SYRIA

Dr. Boukhars considers the many successful instances in which U.S. foreign policy has engaged its “enemies” in discussion and dialogue to reach common, and even selfish, goals. Boukhars questions why such proven U.S. public diplomacy tactics are not applied in the post-9/11 world, particularly when it comes to Iran and Syria view article

 

AVERTING WAR WITH IRAN:

A strategic reassessment is needed to find a way to deal with Iran, writes Robert E. Hunter, a Senior Adviser to the Rand Corporation and former U.S. Ambassador to NATO. view article 

 

HAMAS: THE LAST CHANCE OF PEACE:

Henry Siegman, a Senior Fellow on the Middle East at the Council on Foreign Relations, provides his insights on the necessity of engaging Hamas view article 

 

ISLAM, JIHADISM AND DEPOLITIZATION IN THE FRENCH BANLIEUES:

Anouar Boukhars analyzes the dangerous mix of Islam, Jihadism, and depolitization in the French Banlieues. view article 

 

SOMALIA'S REGIONAL PROXY WAR AND ITS INTERNAL DYNAMICS:

Anouar Boukhars analyzes the scramble for power in Somalia's violent and contorted clan-based politics. view article 

IRAQ'S DIVERSE SHIA :

Peter Harling and Hamid Yasin offer a much needed analysis of Iraq’s diverse Shia and warn of the temptation to see the Shia as a homogeneous community.view article. view article