It would be difficult to overstate just how deadly and destabilizing a year it was in the Middle East. From the civil wars raging in Syria and Yemen, to the ongoing military campaign against the Islamic State group and its self-styled caliphate across Iraq and Syria, 2015 undoubtedly marked a year of violence, displacement, and heartbreak for much of the region.
We try to avoid making predictions here at the Mideast Memo, preferring instead to leave that to the analysts and experts who study and report on the region each and every day. It's with that in mind that we humbly offer these five Mideast news stories as ones to watch in the rapidly approaching new year:
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 21, 2015
A New Century for the Middle East -- Jeffrey D. Sachs, Project Syndicate
Russia's airstrikes on Syria appear futile with little progress on ground -- Martin Chulov and Kareem Shaheen, The Guardian
How United Is Saudi Arabia's New Anti-Terror Coalition? -- Awad Mustafa, Aaron Mehta and Joe Gould, Defense News
How the Saudis Can Actually Fight Terrorism -- Bloomberg editorial
Iran Nuclear Deal Restricts U.S. More Than Congress Knew -- Eli Lake & Josh Rogin, Bloomberg
A Yezidi Woman Who Escaped ISIS Slavery Tells Her Story -- Charlotte Alter, Time
What Is America Fighting For? -- Larry Diamond, The Atlantic
'Moderate Islam' Isn't Working -- Cheryl Benard, National Interest
How to help Libya … before it’s too late -- Mustafa Fetouri, Al-Monitor
Why a fractured Taliban is endangering the U.S. mission in Afghanistan -- Shawn Snow, Washington Post
Putin's 2015 Foreign Policy Score Card -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
Ukraine revolution ousted pro-Russia government, but ‘cancer of corruption’ remains -- Olga Rudenko, Special to The Washington Times
10 takeaways from Spain’s election -- Jeremy Cliffe, Politico
What Happens Now in Spain? -- Kaj Leers, The Compass
Why Did Poland Raid a NATO-Linked Training Center? -- Annabelle Chapman, Daily Beast
Freedom Brews In Venezuela -- Paul Bonicelli, The Federalist
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