The modern Middle East has rarely been tranquil, but it has never been this bad. Full-blown civil wars rage in Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Yemen. Nascent conflicts simmer in Egypt, South Sudan, and Turkey. Various forms of spillover from these civil wars threaten the stability of Algeria, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia. Tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia have risen to new heights, raising the specter of a region-wide religious war. Israel and the Palestinians have experienced a resurgence of low-level violence. Kuwait, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates have weathered the storm so far, but even they are terrified of what is going on around them. Not since the Mongol invasions of the thirteenth century has the Middle East seen so much chaos.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- February 22, 2016
Analysis: Echoes of 1991 Gulf War linger on in Mideast -- AP
Saudi Foreign Minister: 'I Don't Think World War III Is Going To Happen in Syria'-- Interview Conducted By Samiha Shafy and Bernhard Zand, Spiegel Online
Sudden retreats don’t mean that ISIL is defeated -- Hassan Hassan, The National
The End of the Two-State Solution -- Jeremy Saltan, Jerusalem Post
Islam Versus Islam -- Shahid Javed Burki, Project Syndicate
Can the latest US sanctions against North Korea work? -- Srinivas Mazumdaru, DW
China’s missile gambit -- Washington Post editorial
India's Savage, Invisible War -- Pankaj Mishra, Bloomberg
How Putin Is Surviving Lost Oil Revenue -- Mark Whitehouse, Bloomberg
Why Russia Stopped at Crimea -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
What's Going on in Spain? -- Joel Weickgenant, Real Clear World
Boris, Dave and the battle of Brexit -- Robert Colvile, Politico
How Jeb Bush Was Swallowed by His Past -- Michael Bender, Bloomberg
Argentina’s new president wants a radical course correction. But “things are not going to change overnight.” -- Lally Weymouth, Washington Post
Experts: The FBI's iPhone-unlocking plan for Apple is risky -- Brandon Bailey, AP
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