Middle East

The Arab world's unrest and oil prices: Oil pressure rising

The world is badly placed to cope with another oil crisis(16)

David Cameron in the Gulf: David Cameron defends the defence industry

He is right in general, the particular is a bit more problematic(5)

Political economy: Markets watch the revolution

What will unrest in the Middle East mean for the global economy(5)

The week ahead: Ireland votes

A round-up of things to look out for in the next seven days(2)

Israeli settlements: Some kind of perfidy

A potentially critical statement on Israel provokes a strong reaction in Congress(23)

Political and market turmoil: Contagion effect

Is there a common factor behind market and political turmoil?(15)

Banyan: The wind that will not subside

Hearing Egyptian echoes, China’s autocrats cling to the hope that they are different(231)

The Arab world: The awakening

As change sweeps through the Middle East, the world has many reasons to fear. But it also has one great hope(68)

After Mubarak: The autumn of the patriarchs

A generational change of mentality may bring fresh hope to the entire region(27)

Reactions to Mubarak's fall in the Arab press: What the Arab papers say

Reactions to the departure of Egypt's president in the Arab press(2)

The IDF's new chief of staff: Israel's feuding generals

An extraordinary public squabble between past and present generals(44)

America and the Arabs: The Kuwait war plus 20

America is well-placed to win the war of ideas under way in the Middle East(40)

Europe and the Middle East: Egypt: 1989 and all that

What can eastern Europe's revolutions tell us about Egypt's?(61)

Iran's view of Egypt: Opportunity and envy

Which Iranian revolution has now broken out in Cairo?(40)

Media freedom in Syria: A show of strength or a sign of weakness?

Syria lifts a ban on various social media sites(6)

Worried Israel: Bad news for the Jewish state

Egypt’s upheaval is rattling the Israelis(90)

Commodities and the Middle East: Protests and the pump

The Egypt effect may be more pronounced for food than oil(16)

Lexington: Was George Bush right?

As Egypt erupts, his Arab “freedom agenda” is suddenly looking a little cleverer(139)

Economics: The weekly papers

Interesting economics research(0)

The EU's foreign policy: The test for Ashton and Europe

Europe's new dipolomatic service confronts multiple crises(865)

America and the Arabs: Uncle Sam and the new Arab revolt

Europe and the Middle East: Wanted: a European road-map for peace

How Europe can support Israeli-Palestinian peace(6)

Schumpeter: The crescent and the company

A scholar asks some profound questions about why the Middle East fell behind the West(60)

The state-of-the-union address: Ask the White House

A roundtable discussion of foreign affairs led by our readers(52)

The Palestine Papers -- no peace in the Middle East: Peace and the Palestine Papers

Al-Jazeera and Britain’s Guardian newspaper have today released some devastating accounts, from the Palestinian side, of negotiations between the PA and Israel.(3)