MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS: From Tunisia to Syria, the uprisings of 2011 showed how revolutions often give way to chaos or renewed ...
Many american presidents try to ignore the Middle East. Barack Obama wanted to pivot to Asia; Joe Biden told advisers to keep the region off his desk. But it is not so easily ignored. The chaos of the ...
When 26-year-old Mohamed Bouazizi self-immolated in response to the confiscation of his produce cart in Tunisia, no one saw how his death would give rise to waves of popular uprisings throughout the ...