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Bob Bowker 30 Nov 2020 11:00

The fallout of assassinating Mohsen Fakhrizadeh

The killing of the head of the Iranian nuclear program may make it even harder to revive the nuclear deal.
Bob Bowker 12 Oct 2020 06:00

The false promise of regime change

A new book from an Obama insider considers the repeated failures of outside overthrow in the Middle East.
Bob Bowker 19 Sep 2019 06:00

Syria: Is it time for the West to talk with Assad?

Engaging Assad, while repugnant, is better than words of sound and fury delivered that makes little difference.
Bob Bowker 19 Jun 2019 06:00

Morsi’s fate a reminder of power realities in Egypt

Mohamed Morsi was blind to the certainty that Egypt’s military will not tolerate challenges to its ultimate authority.
Bob Bowker 22 May 2018 06:00

Challenges mount up

Unsolved political issues in the Middle East leave barren soil for economic and social green shoots.
Bob Bowker 6 Jun 2017 14:14

Where does Qatar go from here? To Moscow?

Qatar needs to make it plain to the United States that the Saudis and Emiratis are pursuing a course of action that damages US interests.
Bob Bowker 5 Apr 2017 15:37

Assad and chemical weapons: The regional repercussions

The only response that will matter to Assad is that which comes from Moscow and Tehran.
Bob Bowker 7 Dec 2016 14:14

Middle East diplomacy: Assad will have to be included

It would serve no western interests to leave Assad with no option but to look to Iran and Russia for ongoing support.
Bob Bowker 18 Mar 2016 17:41

Syrian Kurds declare autonomy but remain trapped by regional power games

Since the reversal in 1923 by its nationalist leader Mohamed Kemal Ataturk of an earlier western-backed scheme for Kurdish independence, Turkey has done anything it could — diplomatically, militarily and politically — to prevent Kurdish autonomy taking root in Syria.

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Articles by Bob Bowker (19)

The fallout of assassinating Mohsen Fakhrizadeh

The false promise of regime change

Syria: Is it time for the West to talk with Assad?

Morsi’s fate a reminder of power realities in Egypt

Challenges mount up

Where does Qatar go from here? To Moscow?

Assad and chemical weapons: The regional repercussions

Middle East diplomacy: Assad will have to be included

Syrian Kurds declare autonomy but remain trapped by regional power games