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The Washington Spectator
Nonprofit and reader-supported, the Spectator reports from the ground on the excesses of the public and private sectors that distort our politics and undermine democracy. Each … More

Immanuel Wallerstein
Immanuel Wallerstein, Senior Research Scholar at Yale University, is the author of The Decline of American Power: The U.S. in a Chaotic World (New Press). Professor Wallerstein … More

Richard Bulliet
Richard Bulliet is Professor of Middle East History at Columbia University. He writes about Muslim religious politics in both the contemporary world and in earlier periods of … More

Rami G. Khouri
Rami George Khouri is an internationally syndicated political columnist and book author. He was the first director, and is now a senior fellow, at the Issam Fares Institute for … More

The Arab Weekly
From Europe to the Middle East, Asia, and North America, The Arab Weekly delivers the news and opinions that inform and shape decisions. We provide insight and commentary on … More
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Why our behavior matters, and most Arab states may not
BEIRUT — Monday was a rough day for moral clarity in the Middle East. We heard from the respected Amnesty International that up to 13,000 Syrian prisoners were tortured and hanged … More
The American and Arab uprisings converge
BEIRUT — Never in my life, which has spanned the United States and the Arab world, have I experienced a moment such as the past week when ordinary Americans and ordinary Arabs … More
Will Trump and Sisi perpetuate, or avert, a proven disaster?
BEIRUT — Despite all the negative gestures and statements he has made in the past 18 months, my personal and journalistic instinct is to see what U.S. President Donald Trump … More
Why do U.S. ex-officials keep peddling their same failures?
BEIRUT — We’ve just passed through quite an extraordinary period of international activity on how to resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict. The UN Security Council resolution … More
China and the United States: Partners?
Most politicians, journalists, and academic analysts describe the relations of China and the United States as one of hostile competition, especially in East Asia. I disagree. I … More
Why do U.S. ex-officials keep peddling their same failures?
BEIRUT — Donald Trump’s appointment of his son-in-law Jared Kushner as a senior adviser in the White House has kicked up several controversies that perfectly capture the tone and … More
