It is through this lens that Professor Fawaz Gerges’s new book, What Really Went Wrong: The West and the failure of democracy in the Middle East, explores the region’s ongoing instability. He ...

This brand of salafism evolved significantly since it emerged over a century ago in the Middle East. A pivotal figure ... has argued that all Americans in a democracy must necessarily be regarded ...

It is a matter of whether FH’s quantitative measurement of democratization across the board is reliable at all.” Harik, “Democracy, ‘Arab Exceptionalism,’ and Social Science,” Middle East Journal 60, ...

You can't fight for freedom and democracy if you don't know what it means." Faisal also addressed the audience, saying, "Why should you care about the Middle East? It's because the Middle East is ...

CAIRO - Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa congratulated U.S. President Donald Trump on his inauguration in a statement ...

From 2007–15 he held a number of leadership positions at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., including vice president of applied research on conflict and senior adviser for the Middle ...