Erdogan’s tantrum is a sign of weakness
Sudden reversals demonstrate the Turkish president’s lack of coherent policy
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The country hurtles towards collapse as power brokers refuse to form a government
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Arrest of officials with foreign ties suggests ‘plot’ against king goes beyond former crown prince
View ArticleEven Saudi Arabia and Iran may be thinking peace now
With the US also seeking to restart the Iran nuclear accord, all this dancing with detente is almost balletic
View ArticleErdogan as Arab people’s choice reveals weakness of region’s leaders
Turkish leader’s popularity will not help the Middle East escape from the mire of sectarian conflict
View ArticleEquality-for-peace will make Israel accountable for Palestinian rights
A new approach to occupation can go beyond the moribund peace process
View ArticleIsraeli actions in Jerusalem endanger recent detente with Gulf Arabs
Provocations around al-Aqsa mosque jeopardise relations with Muslim countries
View ArticleIsrael faces existential questions with uprising by Arab citizens
An end to discrimination is needed to stem growing resentment
View ArticlePalestinian unity upends Middle East status quo
Violence undermines Israeli assumption that occupation had been accepted
View ArticleBenjamin Netanyahu is on the edge in Israel
A motley collection of parties could finally oust the country’s longest-serving premier
View ArticleCurbing Iran’s regional ambitions remains a distant hope for the west
Tehran regards a local entente as something to be settled with its neighbours
View ArticleChange unlikely to come to post-Netanyahu Israel
The new governing coalition is too ideologically riven to address the country’s biggest problems
View ArticleSanctions could force Lebanon’s politicians to govern
Country is imploding as officials collude in ‘deliberate depression’
View ArticleIran’s hardliners disregard voters at their peril
Historic low turnout in presidential poll could presage rebellion of an alienated young population
View ArticleSaudi-UAE competition threatens to upend the GCC
Rivalry has already blocked an Opec deal and stoked regional tensions
View ArticleMidnight in Cairo by Raphael Cormack — a golden age of dance halls
Fascinating look at an underexplored bit of the Roaring Twenties, which ultimately changed the terms of Egyptian popular culture and blazed a path for women
View ArticlePalace intrigue exposes fragility of Jordan’s social contract
Former crown prince crossed the royal court’s red lines by presenting himself as a tribune of the people
View ArticleErdogan’s strongman rule is beginning to fray
U-turn on university appointee adds to sense that Turkey’s president is no longer invulnerable
View ArticleIt’s not too late to save Tunisia’s shaky democracy
The US and EU should deploy their leverage to oppose Kais Saied’s coup
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