MENA Middle East North Africa

US in the Middle East

An erratic superpower is dangerous

Fundamentalist ideologies

Competing Islamisms

Do not over-emphasise the role of ISIS in Mindanao

Gulf Tensions

Arab monarchies disagree on which Islamists are extremists

Saudi Arabia's Role

“Good versus evil” rhetoric does not help in MENA region

Irrigation

Freshwater from the desert

Political jargon

A contentious term

In Turkey and elsewhere, democracy is not just majority rule

Authoritarianism

Post-referendum repression