Don’t Offshore American AI to the Middle East
In 1867, Tsar Alexander II of Russia agreed to sell the territory of Alaska to the United States for a mere $7.2 million—approximately 2 cents per acre. At the time, ...
Tag: Middle East and North Africa
There’s Only One Good Iran Deal
In a wide-ranging interview with Time magazine last week, U.S. President Donald Trump said, “I think we’re going to make a deal with Iran. Nobody else could do that.” He ...
Trump Isn’t Gaining Traction in the Middle East
Measuring a U.S. president by their first 100 days—a time-honored tradition—has always struck me as arbitrary. Still, President Donald Trump promised to do a lot in the three months after his ...
Trump’s First 100 Days on the Global Stage
Next week marks 100 days since U.S. President Donald Trump took office for a second term. In the last three months, Trump and his team have taken steps that have ...
Trump’s War on the Houthis Is Going Nowhere
In the five weeks since the Trump administration stepped up attacks on the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, a few big problems have become apparent, underscoring just how hard it is ...
Is Israel Preparing for a Long-term Occupation of Gaza?
Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report. We’ve got some exciting news: Rishi is officially teaming up with John as co-author of the newsletter. Rishi is a Manchester United supporter; ...
The New Syria Is Run Like the Old
In the history of the Middle East, Syria’s current transition to a new form of government is in a category of its own. Desperate the avoid the mistakes that their ...
The U.S. and Iran Prepare for Nuclear Talks
Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report, where we are taking inspiration from the Japanese town that assembled a 3D-printed train station in six hours—before the day’s first train arrived ...
America’s Universities Could End up Zombies
Egypt’s two flagship universities, Cairo University and the American University in Cairo, are ranked 350th and 410th globally. According to the QS World University Rankings, there are at least 1,200 schools around ...
War in Gaza the ‘Worst Ever Conflict for Reporters’
The war in Gaza that began after the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel has killed more journalists than the U.S. Civil War, World Wars I and II, the ...
