Maps are ubiquitous – on phones, in-flight and car displays, and in textbooks the world over. While some maps delineate and ...

Will the Middle East emerge from its disastrous post-Ottoman century? With Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon all weak, the regions reconstruction in ways that permit peace, stability, and human ...

Most Americans are unaware that today’s Middle East is an artificial construct created by British and French diplomats (Sykes and Picot) after World War I to advance their empires’ economic and ...

With tensions continuing to escalate in the Middle East, the United States government has now warned its citizens not to travel to Lebanon. This week, Hamas' top political leader was killed in an ...

Israel said Tuesday it had bombed more than 350 military sites in Syria during the previous 48 hours, targeting “most of the strategic weapons stockpiles” in the country. Israeli Prime Minister ...

This work was supported by the National Science Foundation through the Science and Technology Studies (STS) Program, award #1152322. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations ...