In this volatile landscape, the question of when the wars will end is complex; it is rooted in deep-seated historical and ...

The tendency to underestimate Israel resurfaced in 1967 when, egged on by the adulation that accompanied the pompous pan-Arabism of Egypt’s president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, the Arab states thought it ...

How does Qatar expect anyone to respect Somalia’s sovereignty when its own leaders make a mockery of it? Greater Somalia is as much a dream as Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser’s pan-Arabism.

Adam Shatz is the LRB ’s US editor. He is the author of Writers and Missionaries: Essays on the Radical Imagination, which includes many pieces from the paper, and The Rebel’s Clinic: The ...

Nasser wanted his movement not just to be pan-Arabist but pan-Islamist to include countries like Iran and Pakistan, which are not Arab. So came the third layer.

In a twisted way, Iran still seems to be helping Israel. In furthering Israel's narrative of being the victim. Iran, in turn, stands as isolated today as its arch enemy Iraq once was.

Egypt, with its large population, historical prestige, and then-President Gamal Abdel Nasser’s brand of pan-Arab nationalism, naturally emerged as the political heart of the institution. Over time, ...

With Iran's nuclear threat off the table, the Abraham Accord approach of friendship with America and Israel is already bringing peace and stability to the nations that have signed on.