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The resurgence of the war demonstrates that simply weakening Hezbollah and Iran does not make for a more stable region, Hussein Ibish is a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute. One of the most unexpected consequences of the Israel-Hezbollah war in https://www.theglobeandmail.com/topics/lebanon/is the sudden resurgence of the [...]

Byline: HUSSEIN IBISH Senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington It was a stunning display of intelligence sophistication, but it's not necessarily the opening salvo of [...]

Byline: HUSSEIN IBISH Senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington Among the least appreciated realities in the Gaza ceasefire negotiations in Cairo is the evident political [...]

Byline: HUSSEIN IBISH Senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington Israel appears to be walking right into a trap. In the wake of the bloodthirsty killing [...]

Byline: Hussein Ibish The Biden administration is working overtime to consolidate what is arguably Washington's most significant advantage over its great power rivals, especially China. That advantage lies in the [...]

Byline: HUSSEIN IBISH WASHINGTON -- The battle for Aleppo could be a turning point in Syria's civil war - not simply because it may prove a decisive moment in the [...]

Byline: HUSSEIN IBISH TUNIS -- 'Islamism is dead!' announced Said Ferjani, a leader of the progressive wing of Ennahda, Tunisia's main Islamist party, as we drank coffee in a hotel [...]

Byline: HUSSEIN IBISH In Levantine landscapes, history is piled high. The present is layered on the remnants of the past, both modern and ancient. Nowhere is this more apparent than [...]

Byline: HUSSEIN IBISH WASHINGTON -- The closing of Al Jazeera America, expected in April, is a sad conclusion to a project that was by turns uplifting and inspiring as well [...]

WASHINGTON -- The closing of Al Jazeera America, expected in April, is a sad conclusion to a project that was by turns uplifting and inspiring as well as troubling and [...]

Byline: HUSSEIN IBISH Washington -- Donald J. Trump's scandalous proposal that the United States bar entry to all Muslims - though he later clarified his view that American citizens and [...]

Byline: HUSSEIN IBISH WASHINGTON -- Taking advantage of the paralysis of American policy in Syria, Russia's dramatic escalation of military activity in that country seeks to reorder the strategic landscape [...]

WASHINGTON -- After more than two years of perceived slights and supposed snubs, the new contours of a revitalized but evolving partnership between the United States and Saudi Arabia are [...]

Byline: HUSSEIN IBISH WASHINGTON -- If the Iran nuclear deal was an earthquake shaking the Middle East's strategic landscape, one of the most dramatic aftershocks was the surprising arrival last [...]

Byline: HUSSEIN IBISH DOHA, Qatar -- The old joke among foreign policy wonks began thus: After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, the [...]

WASHINGTON -- When, at its March summit meeting, the Arab League announced that it intended to create a unified command for a joint Arab military force, eyes rolled. Given how [...]

Byline: HUSSEIN IBISH WASHINGTON -- A dramatic split in the Muslim Brotherhood of Jordan could be one of the most important developments in the recent evolution of Islamist movements. And [...]

Byline: HUSSEIN IBISH WASHINGTON -- The waves lap languidly against the coastline as flickering, spectral images crackle back and forth across the screen. A seemingly endless parade of black-clad assassins, [...]

Washington IT has lately become the accepted wisdom that the Middle East peace process is dead, finished, kaput. This belief has been reinforced by Al Jazeera's release this week of [...]