Interested in U.S.-Iranian relations? Then join @imes-gw.bsky.social on Wednesday, December 3 at 1 p.m. EST to hear @dassakaye.bsky.social discuss her new book with @azodiac83.bsky.social. Click here for more information and to register: imes.elliott.gwu.edu/events/endur...

Worth keeping in mind, even if it isn't surprising: “Divorced from the peace deal is a plan of how to actually implement this peace deal,” said the symposium participant. “Everyone is floating around at 40,000 feet, and nobody is talking operations or tactics." www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

@imes-gw.bsky.social colleague Professor Nathan Brown asks whether "the devastation of the past two years will become a standing element of the regional order" and comments that "what looked like a forever war may be metamorphizing into forever misery." carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/...

Click on the link below if you are interested in U.S. policy in the Middle East but missed Professor Marc Lynch's discussion of his new book, "American's Middle East: The Ruination of a Region." @abuaardvark.bsky.social @imes-gw.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxDc...

@gulfstatesinst.bsky.social agsi.org/analysis/mr-...

"Kazakhstan’s entry into the pact, which could formally happen in December, appears to be more about courting Trump with a symbolic gesture than forging Middle East peace." By @ishaantharoor.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

@shadihamid.bsky.social will discuss his new book, "The Case for American Power," at GW's Elliott School of International Affairs on Tuesday, January 27 at 2 p.m. Registration information will be available soon. @imes-gw.bsky.social wapo.st/3XiGiT6https...

Interesting development.... www.reuters.com/world/middle...

@ishaantharoor.bsky.social on the NYC election: "The clash that Mamdani’s victory sets up is not one of civilizations. Rather, it’s of competing visions of the world — one anchored in Trump’s angry nationalist project and the other in Mamdani’s global city." www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

With my comments on the October 31 UN Security Council vote on the Western Sahara. www.medi1tv.com/ar/episode/9...

@abuaardvark.bsky.social will discuss his new book ("America's Middle East: The Ruination of a Region") at GW's Elliott School of International Affairs on Wedesday, November 5 at 12 noon. Register here: share.google/tYz7bUmfC6aJ... @imes-gw.bsky.social www.foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/...

President Kais Saied is making Tunisia an ever more repressive authoritarian regime. He’s placed suspensions on FTDES (leftist economic think tank), ATFD (feminist NGO) & Nawaat (leftist media outlet). All 3 groups, ironically, had many members who cheered his coup in 2021. 🧵 1/6

"In the shadow of Sudan’s misery, President Donald Trump has done conspicuously little.....The White House was more focused on gutting USAID, an agency that propped up critical elements of the humanitarian complex aiding Sudanese people." By @ishaantharoor.bsky.social. wapo.st/49qdcbO

With my comments. wsbt.com/news/nation-...

Author Shadi Hamid will discuss his new book, "The Case For American Power," at GW's Elliott School of International Affairs on Tuesday, January 27 at 2 p.m. Registration information will be forthcoming soon. @shadihamid.bsky.social @imes-gw.bsky.social www.shadihamid.net/p/the-case-f...

"Tunisia has ordered the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights (FTDES), a prominent civil rights and migrant advocacy organization, to suspend activities for a month, the group said on Monday, one of several associations under such orders." www.usnews.com/news/world/a...

Sabina Henneberg explores why the international community failed to effectively support economic reform in Tunisia during the country’s decade-long attempt to transition from authoritarianism. @washinstitute.bsky.social @columbiasipa.bsky.social jia.sipa.columbia.edu/news/role-in...

"Events overseas have served as pretexts for power grabs within the United States. The Trump administration has used the war in Gaza as an excuse to crush free speech for pro-Palestinian protesters and compel certain universities to submit to federal dictates." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...

The presidential library of a constitutional law professor, author, devoted family man, and Nobel Peace Prize winner. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/a...