MER Article From the Editors (Summer 2013) The problems of Christians in the Middle East are often not discussed forthrightly, either in the region or in writings about it. One reason is that, in many ways, the problems of Christians are everyone’s problems -- Israeli occupation hurts Christian and Muslim Palestinians alike, as does second-c The Editors • 3 min read
MER Article Editor's Picks (Spring 2013) Aarts, Paul and Francesco Cavatorta, eds. Civil Society in Syria and Iran: Activism in Authoritarian Contexts (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2013). Al-Ali, Nadje and Deborah Al-Najjar, eds. We Are Iraqis: Aesthetics and Politics in a Time of War (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2013). Al-Am The Editors • 2 min read
MER Article Editor's Picks (Winter 2012) Aarts, Paul et al. From Resilience to Revolt: Making Sense of the Arab Spring (Amsterdam: Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice Research and Documentation Center, June 2012). Beinin, Joel. The Rise of Egypt’s Workers (Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, June 2012). Bishara The Editors • 1 min read
MER Article From the Editor (Winter 2012) The course of the Egyptian uprising offers reason for both optimism and pessimism. On the down side, the post-Mubarak system, such as it is, exhibits plenty of characteristics of the old one. As Ahmad Shokr and Joshua Stacher detail in this issue, Egypt’s new civilian government, drawn from the ran The Editors • 2 min read
MER Article Editor's Picks (Fall 2012) Bush, Ray and Habib Ayeb, eds. Marginality and Exclusion in Egypt (London: Zed Books, 2012). Castner, Brian. The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life That Follows (New York: Doubleday, 2012). Coll, Steve. Private Empire: Exxon Mobil and American Power (New York: Penguin, 2012). Collins, John. G The Editors • 1 min read
MER Article From the Editor (Fall 2012) “In the last decade,” wrote Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the November 2011 Foreign Policy, “our foreign policy has transitioned from dealing with the post-Cold War peace dividend to demanding commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan. As those wars wind down, we will need to accelerate efforts to The Editors • 5 min read
MER Article Editor's Picks (Summer 2012) Bahrain Centre for Human Rights. Post-BICI Report (Manama, March 2012). Brown, Nathan. When Victory Is Not an Option: Islamist Movements in Arab Politics (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2012). Caridi, Paola. Hamas: From Resistance to Government (New York: Seven Stories Press, 2012). Davis, The Editors • 1 min read
MER Article From the Editor (Summer 2012) According to data collected by the London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Yemen has been struck more than 40 times by US drones -- perhaps twice as often as Pakistan -- in 2012 so far. On April 25, the New York Times reported a White House directive to CIA and military The Editors • 3 min read
Current Analysis Letters re: Humanitarian Drones Andrew Stobo Sniderman and Darryl Li square off re: “Some Bad Ideas Can’t Be Shot Down,” Li’s post [http://www.merip.org/some-bad-ideas-cant-be-shot-down] about Sniderman’s January 30 op-ed [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/opinion/drones-for-human-rights.html], “Drones for Human Rights,” in the Ne The Editors • 6 min read
MER Article From the Editors (Spring 2012) Are the upheavals in the Arab world revolutions? Uprisings? Revolts? Perhaps all these terms are misnomers, because they imply an end point, a moment when the event will be over, its historical task finished, if not completed. It is increasingly apparent, however, that the Arab world is witnessing The Editors • 2 min read
MER Article From the Editor (Winter 2011) A question nagged at Occupy Wall Street and its myriad imitators, the most exciting social movement to emanate from the United States in more than a decade, for much of the fall. “What are your demands?” journalists persisted in asking. “What do you want?” The Editors • 9 min read
Current Analysis The Question of Palestine in Miniature The countdown to September 23 has begun. On that day, if he does not renege on his September 16 speech, Mahmoud ‘Abbas will present a formal request for full UN membership for a state of Palestine. The UN Security Council, which must approve such requests, will not do so, because the United States w The Editors • 10 min read
