List of Middle East and North Africa articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama’s Most Dangerous Drone Tactic Is Here to Stay
From Yemen to Somalia, the White House has gone back to bombing men it can’t confirm are militants — potentially leaving innocents trapped in the crossfire.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Will the Panama Papers Be a Catalyst for Change?
It’s not about Vladimir Putin’s cronies or crooked billionaires. If real reform is going to come, it’ll have to be based on popular anger at the merely well-off using tax havens to move money.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Israeli Politician: My Wife Should Not Have to Give Birth Next to an Arab
An Israeli Knesset member said his wife should not have to give birth next to an Arab woman.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Top GOP Lawmaker: Some Administration Officials Are Too Close to Tehran
Senate Republicans launched a new attack on the White House’s nuclear deal with Iran on Tuesday and pledged to pass legislation authorizing fresh sanctions against the Islamic Republic. But the Obama administration punched back hard, saying the landmark agreement forged nine months ago “is working” and is the best method for preventing Iran from becoming a nuclear power.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Meet Ali Bongo Ondimba, Obama’s Man in Africa
In an exclusive interview with Foreign Policy, Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba talked U.S. military support and his father's controversial legacy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Is Obama Too Thoughtful for His Own Good?
In today’s complex, tumultuous world of global affairs, perhaps nuance and patience aren’t assets for an American president.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Libyans at Guantanamo Bay Can’t Go Home, So the U.S. Sends Them to Senegal
The Pentagon’s latest transfer from its military detention center in Cuba underscores how the disaster in Libya is complicating President Obama’s push to close the prison.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Putin Among the World Leaders Linked to the Panama Papers
Russian President Vladimir Putin is among the world leaders linked to the Panama Papers.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Trump Is the Ignorant Candidate Ignorant Americans Deserve
The GOP front-runner is wildly uninformed when it comes to foreign policy. But these days, who isn’t?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Meet the Central Asian Nation Trying to Benefit From the Iran Nuclear Deal
Kazakhstan's nuclear record allowed it to play an outsized role in Washington’s landmark nuclear deal with Tehran.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Zaha Hadid and the Modern Middle East
The Iraqi-born architect was the perfect visionary for a Middle East racing toward modernity against the constant pull of the past.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How I Accidentally Became a Lobbyist for Azerbaijan
The small oil-rich country spends millions sweet-talking Congress. Here’s how I got fooled into helping.