Iraq, Bahrain and the region: Sectarian bad blood
Regional tension shakes Iraq too(1)
Turkey and its region: Does Erdoğan have a plan?
Explaining the Turkish response to the Arab uprisings(114)
Bombing in Jerusalem: Fear of escalation
Israel's response to a bus-stop bombing in Jerusalem(6)
South Africa's foreign policy: All over the place
South Africa is joining the BRICs without much straw(20)
The Arab world's reaction: Scotching the snake
Muammar Qaddafi is universally reviled. But rulers have their own restive people to worry about(21)
Afghanistan and the American presence: How long?
Attempting both to leave by 2014 and stay perhaps for ever(11)
Egypt and democracy: Yes they can
Voters endorse a flawed but necessary set of constitutional amendments(9)
Violence in Gaza and Israel: Not immune
As Palestinians protest against their rulers, violence with Israel flares again(52)
Munther Fahmi: Exile for a bookseller
A Palestinian Jerusalemite faces deportation for overstaying his tourist visa(8)
Violence in Yemen: A bloody crackdown
The protests in Yemen turn very nasty(12)
Yemen's demonstrations: Yet more cracking down
The police fires live rounds at protesters(1)
Bahrain's crisis: Calling in the big guns
Security forces from neighbouring countries are joining an escalating crackdown(23)
Unorthodox links to the internet: Signalling dissent
Savvy techies are finding ways to circumvent politically motivated shutdowns of the internet(20)
Anglo-American-Israeli diplomacy: All the president's messengers
Unravelling the riddle of David Cameron’s views on Israel(20)
Israel's Jewish identity: The state we're in
Musings on the Jewish state(71)
Iran's battered opposition: A leadership neutered
A trio of opposition leaders seems to have been squashed, at least for now(6)
The Arab uprisings: Democracy's hard spring
Once the protests are over, institutions need building up—often from scratch(40)
Protests in Croatia: Et tu, Zagreb?
Croatia's capital is hit by demonstrations(18)
Israeli politics: A pointed resignation
An Israeli diplomat makes a pointed resignation(15)
Lessons from the Arab revolt: Libya and the higher bilge (2)
No, the Palestine issue is not suddenly irrelevant(16)
Iran's opposition leaders: Behind bars at last
The apparent arrest of dissident leaders marks a new stage in the struggle in Iran(15)
Charlemagne: Living with bad neighbours
Europe tries to forget decades of embarrassing realpolitik in the Middle East(27)
Banyan: More black tea than jasmine
Watching the Middle East and north Africa, Central Asia’s rulers see no pressing reason to fret(11)
Saudi Arabia: The royal house is rattled too
Can the richest of all the Arab royal families stem the tide of reform?(7)
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