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Saturday, May 30, 2026

Autocracy and the International Order: How Trump's Disastrous Iran War Demonstrates the Dangers of the "Great Leader" Approach to Foreign Affairs

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By all accounts, the Iran War is a colossal failure. Neither Trump nor his aides can articulate an effective endgame to the conflict or one ...
Thursday, April 30, 2026

After the War: What is the Future of the Arab Gulf?

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What is the future of the Arab Gulf states after the onset of the Iran War? Given the damage caused by large-scale Iranian attacks on oil an...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Will the United States and Israel Achieve Victory or Will the Iran Conflict Become Another "Forever War"?

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What will be the outcome of the current conflict between the United States and Israel and Iran?  What are the goals which each side seeks to...
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Saturday, February 28, 2026

Amateur Hour, Spectacle and Bluster: Trump's Chaotic Foreign Policy in the Middle East

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As I publish this post, the United States and Israel have just attacked Iran. Donald Trump claims the goal is "regime change."  Ap...
Thursday, February 19, 2026

The Iraqi Election Bazaar Highlights the Machiavellian Principle!

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This post was written by Guest Author, Jabbar Jaafar, who is President of Voices of Iraq, and a long time commentator on Iraqi politics. Any...
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Eric Davis
Eric Davis is Executive Director, MA Program in Political Science - Concentration in United Nations and Global Policy Studies, Professor of Political Science and the former director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. He is author of CHALLENGING COLONIALISM: BANK MISR AND EGYPTIAN INDUSTRIALIZATION, 1920-1941 (Princeton University Press, 1983; Institute for Arab Development, Beirut, 1986, and Dar al-Sharook, Cairo, 2009); STATECRAFT IN THE MIDDLE EAST: OIL, HISTORICAL MEMORY AND POPULAR CULTURE (University Presses of Florida, 1993); MEMORIES OF STATE: POLITICS, HISTORY AND COLLECTIVE IDENTITY IN MODERN IRAQ (University of California Press, 2005; Arab Institute for Research and Publishing, 2008; and the forthcoming, TAKING DEMOCRACY SERIOUSLY IN IRAQ (Cambridge University Press). Currently, he is writing a book on the Islamic State and the changing modalities of terrorism in the Middle East. He can be contacted at davis@polisci.rutgers.edu and @NewMidEast
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