By Stephanie Pezard and Abbie Tingstad As the United States celebrated the first anniversary of its Arctic Council chairmanship on April 24, it had an opportunity to look back on several achievements, including the creation of the Arctic Coast Guard Forum last October. Through this organization, Arctic nations …

Ian Bond Obama is not an instinctive pro-European. He opposes Brexit because it risks creating more problems for America in Europe. His successor too will want Europe to be a partner, not a passenger, for the US. No-one believes that US President Barack Obama is coming to London …

Prof. Tim Anderson Heavy propaganda accompanies the strategic battle in Aleppo between the Syrian Army and its allies (Russia, Iran, Hezbollah and other militia) and the Saudi-Turkey-NATO backed terrorist groups (Jabhat al Nusra, Jaysh al Islam, Ahrar as Sham and ISIS). Fighting escalated in late April when the …

Stephen Blank The Balkans are burning. Europe’s refugee crisis has now entwined with the general crisis of governance afflicting the Balkans, and reached its apogee in Macedonia. Between April 13 and 14, Macedonian rioters burned the presidential office and destroyed the building housing the country’s Ministry of Justice …

The crisis inside the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in the Middle East is deepening. It is important at this juncture to explore what would this crisis lead to. It is also important to pose the following question: The organization accumulated years of experience and showed considerable political and social …

The media and right-wing politicians were quick to latch on to last month’s Brussels bombing to support a narrative of nationalism and xenophobia that leads to more war and terrorism. By Catherine Shakdam The horrific terror attacks in Brussels on March 22 were a chilling reminder that radicalism, …

Abdel Bari Atwan  US President Barack Obama has refused to receive his Turkish counterpart at the White House during the latter’s current visit to the American capital. The perceived ‘snub’ was widely discussed in the media and Erdogan used a high-profile meeting with top academics and think-tank advisers to …

Abdullah tells US politicians that radicals are being ‘manufactured in Turkey… as part of Turkish policy’ King Abdullah of Jordan accused Turkey of exporting terrorists to Europe at a top level meeting with senior US politicians in January, the MEE can reveal. The king said Europe’s biggest refugee …

King Abdullah reveals special forces preparations to members of US Congress, saying troops with ‘some balls’ are needed to fight IS group. Jordan sent troops to retake a key Syria-Iraqi border crossing from Islamic State (IS) fighters in support of a wider campaign against the militant group in …