Back to fowednesdayAn unprecedented number of demonstrators in the city of Suwayda against the Bashar al-Assad regime on Friday, September 1, 2023©Fahed saad kiwan / shutterstock.comProtesters in Syria, Bahrain, Libya, Iran and Israel are dashing autocratic and authoritarian hopes of a prolonged winter.In response, Arab autocrats are scrambling to squash what they fear could evolve into a third wave of protests in little more than a decade. The autocrats have deployed tools ranging from cracking down on street protests to increased repression to engaging in perfunctory dialogue. They’ve...…Back to fowednesdayAn unprecedented number of demonstrators in the city of Suwayda against the Bashar al-Assad regime on Friday, September 1, 2023©Fahed saad kiwan / shutterstock.comProtesters in Syria, Bahrain, Libya, Iran and Israel are dashing autocratic and authoritarian hopes of a prolonged winter.In response, Arab autocrats are scrambling to squash what they fear could evolve into a third wave of protests in little more than a decade. The autocrats have deployed tools ranging from cracking down on street protests to increased repression to engaging in perfunctory dialogue. They’ve...WW…

Back to NewslettersJERUSALEM, ISRAEL – Dec 22, 2015: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in JerusalemRiyadh, Saudi Arabia – March 7, 2022: Portrait of Mohammed bin Salman© Drop of Light, murathakanart / shutterstock.comSaudi Arabia and Israel are both asking a high price from the US, which hopes to establish formal diplomatic ties between the two middle eastern nations.Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer, a confidant of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, visits Washington this week for talks with senior...…Back to NewslettersJERUSALEM, ISRAEL – Dec 22, 2015: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in JerusalemRiyadh, Saudi Arabia – March 7, 2022: Portrait of Mohammed bin Salman© Drop of Light, murathakanart / shutterstock.comSaudi Arabia and Israel are both asking a high price from the US, which hopes to establish formal diplomatic ties between the two middle eastern nations.Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer, a confidant of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, visits Washington this week for talks with senior...WW…