Joseph Braude·Oct 16, 2017Anders Vistisen: There is Great Naiveté in Europe When it Comes to Iran29-year-old Anders Primdahl Vistisen, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Denmark, serves as vice chair of the EP’s Committee on…
Joseph Braude·Sep 13, 2017Joseph Braude’s New and Noteworthy in Arab and Islamic Affairs — 9–13–17An Arab League slugfest over Qatar, a shvitzing frenzy in Israel over GCC ties, and Polisario fears of a mass exodus from the Saharan…
Joseph Braude·Sep 11, 2017Joseph Braude’s New and Noteworthy in Arab and Islamic Affairs, 9–11–17Venezuelan ruler heads to Algiers, Moroccan opposition prince booted from Tunisia, and a Saudi crackdown on Islamist clerics. To subscribe…
Joseph Braude·Sep 10, 2017Joseph Braude’s New and Noteworthy in Arab and Islamic Affairs, 9–10–17A fuzzy encounter between the U.S. Navy and Iran, an intra-Jewish spat over relations with Qatar, and scrappy decisions in Algiers. To…
Joseph Braude·Sep 8, 2017Joseph Braude’s New and Noteworthy in Arab and Islamic Affairs, 9–8–17A delay in Saudi economic reforms, a shift in Saudi discourse, and an axis of neutrality in North Africa. To subscribe to this daily…
Joseph Braude·Sep 7, 2017New and Noteworthy in Arab and Islamic Affairs, 9–7–17Gulf states receive an offer of French mediation and present an offer of “normalization.” A German outlet signals a parting of the ways…
Joseph Braude·Sep 6, 2017New and Noteworthy in Arab and Islamic Affairs, 9–6–17A Qatari port to bypass Gulf sanctions, a massive war exercise in Israel’s north, and Israeli and Egyptian government spending on Jewish…
Joseph Braude·Sep 5, 2017New and Noteworthy in Arab and Islamic Affairs, 9–5–17A grim verdict on the war on Syria, a thumbs down for Putin Syria policy by Russians, and problems ahead for Iraq post-ISIS. To subscribe…
Joseph Braude·Sep 4, 2017Gulf States Rethink Their PR WarsIn August 17, UAE Foreign Minister Anwar Gargash tweeted an observation in Arabic about the standoff between Qatar on the one hand and…
Joseph Braude·Sep 4, 2017New and Noteworthy in Arab and Islamic Affairs — 9–4–17The Gulf States rethink their PR wars, a former Israeli official calls for a U.S. strike on North Korea, and To subscribe to this daily…
