Israel does not accept criticism.

I have long argued that the way candidates for high office speak about the Middle East should be a critical test of their capacity to lead our nation.Since the end of the Vietnam war, we have spent more money, sold or given more weapons, sent more troops, fought more wars, l

For both Democrats and Republicans, this year’s presidential contest is another “Armageddon election”, the outcome of which will decide critically important domestic and foreign policy concerns.Despite its significance, we are just days away from the “first in the nation” Iowa ca

Last Tuesday, US President Barack Obama delivered the annual State of the Union (SOTU) address to a joint session of Congress. On Thursday, the Republican candidates for their party’s nomination held their sixth televised debate.

At the close of 2015, Zogby Research Services (ZRS) conducted face-to-face polling with 5,374 Muslim youth between the ages of 15 and 34 in eight Arab countries: Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan and Palestine.We had been commissioned by the Tabah Fou

The twin conflicts raging in Iraq and Syria have unleashed an unsettling dynamic that is transforming both the Middle East and the world beyond this deeply troubled region.It is clear that there is no end in sight to either of these conflicts and that the consequences of the cont

There are two Christmas stories. One is the romanticised antiseptic tale that has taken hold in our popular culture. It is the “Silent Night”/”Oh! Little Town of Bethlehem” version.Mary is smiling; Joseph is hovering protectively over mother and child.

Donald Trump and his GOP colleagues have exposed the depth of the divide in attitudes over the role of American Muslims in US society.The results of a recent Zogby poll establish that the divide is existential rather than rhetorical, and is more demographic than simply partisan.I

For the past five years, I have had the opportunity to conduct public opinion polls across the Middle East in order to provide content for policy discussions at the UAE’s annual Sir Bani Yas Forum.And so, during the month of September, we surveyed over 7,400 adults in six Ar