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The article discusses the policy choices faced by the United States from a historical perspective of Middle Eastern political and religious turmoil. Diffusion of nuclear tensions is seen as a possibility with U.S. President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani conversing. The upheavals brought about by the Arab Spring and American engagement with Israel, Turkey and Iran are taken into consideration as are human rights, arms proliferation and oil supply issues.

An essay is presented of the problems associated with the partnership of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Topics discussed include internal and external factors needed to enhance the security and stability of the region, NATO's military operation in Libya which showed utility of the partnerships, and statement from Nasser Bourita, Secretary-General of the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, regarding NATO.

The article discusses the relationship between the South Caucasus countries and Middle East countries. It cites the need for balance and integrity in the South Caucasus republics and examines its pursuit for political and economic security. The author reveals Georgia's strained relations with Russia, and the formal diplomatic ties that it shares with Israel and Arab states along with Azerbaijan and Armenia. Also noted are the key indicators of this relationship which includes trade figures, foreign investment, and communication links.

The article assesses the initial reaction of Turkey to the launching of the Broader Middle East and North Africa Initiative, a Western-originated Middle East reform project fostered by U.S. Turkey faced obstacles to promoting a reform union in the region such as the Iraq situation, the Palestine-Israeli conflict and the negative American image in the area. Factors considered in Turkey's potential to contribute to the democratization project in the Middle East are domestic constraints, secularism, and its relations with U.S. and the European Union.

The article addresses the cooperative, economic and political relations among Turkey, Iraq, Kurdistan-Iraq, the Wider Middle East and Iran. The relations in the broader context of the U.S.-initiated and European-supported Wider Middle East Initiative (WMEI) was also addressed. Analysts argued that Arab neighbors of Iran should be brought into the negotiations to secure more stability in Iraq.

Offers observation on immigration, citizenship and national security in the U.S. Explanation on assimilation; View on multiculturalism; Information on immigrants from Middle Eastern and Arab countries; Details of dual and de facto citizenship.

Comments on the effect of the terrorist assault which Osama Bin Laden's Al Qaeda organization inflicted in September 2001, on the relations of the U.S. with countries in the Middle East. Criticism on the possible consequences of national security policies; Demonstration of the U.S. doctrine of preemptive warfare during its March 2003 invasion of Iraq; Assertion of linkage between Iraq and global terrorism.

Focuses on the strategic alliance between Israel and Turkey. Potential role of the alliance in diplomatic and military realignment in the Middle East; Importance of the alliance for U.S. hegemony in the region; Benefits of the alliance to the national security of Israel.

Analyzes the challenge that ballistic missiles based in the Middle East and North Africa pose to Europe. Response of the European North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to the challenge; Assessment of how Russia's policies run counter to the methods of NATO in dealing with missile proliferation; Stages in the spread of missiles to the Middle East and North Africa.