The New Middle East

Friday, May 30, 2025

How the Commodification of US Foreign Policy Is Leaving Netanyahu and the Israeli Far-Right in the Dust

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant recently opined that "America First doesn't mean America Alone."  In other words, the Trump a...
Wednesday, April 30, 2025

How the Weaponization of Anti-Semitism is Undermining the Rule of Law in the United States and Thwarting the Peace Process Between Israel and the Palestinians

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Why is the Trump regime accusing US universities of not protecting Jewish students from anti-Semitic activity on their campuses? Why have th...
Monday, March 31, 2025

The Middle East is in Crisis: Where Are the Leaders?

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Even a superficial look at the Middle East shows that the region is facing a series of crises like none it has encountered before.  Is the p...
Friday, February 28, 2025

Last Man Standing: What is the Fate of Iran's Proxy Militias in Iraq?

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al-Hashad al-Sha'bi fighters on parade What is the future of Iran's proxy militias in Iraq? The militias - known as the Popular Mobi...
Friday, January 31, 2025

After the Gaza Ceasefire: A New "Trail of Tears" or a March Towards Peace?

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The immediate question following the ceasefire in Gaza is whether it will hold. However, the larger question still remains: can Israel and P...
Tuesday, December 31, 2024

The Syrian Earthquake: What Role Should the United States Play الزلزال السوري: ما هو الدور الذي يجب أن تلعبه الولايات المتحدة؟

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Syrians celebrating the downfall of Bashar al-Asad's regime The Middle East never fails to surprise. The despotic al-Asad regime's f...
Friday, November 29, 2024

Climate Migration and the Populist Threat to Europe

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Egyptian migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea The Climate Emergency is upon us. Extreme weather events, droughts, wildfires and rising se...
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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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