The secret of the Muslim Brotherhood’s political survival and success is not only its hierarchical structure and Leninist-like discipline, but most importantly its religious cover, “which is enough to cause people to turn a blind eye to any wrongdoing …

In confronting Tunisia’s radical Islamists, the Nahda-led government is being forced to address a problem of its own making, says a leading analyst. Since they took over the reins of government early last year, Nahda leaders have focused on …

“Former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has accused Iran’s leadership of incompetence and ignorance just days after he was barred from standing in an election next month,” Reuters reports:

“I don’t think the country could have been run worse, even …

The result of Iran’s upcoming presidential election” is related not just to normal domestic feuds, division of spoils, and concerns about the level of discontent in society, but also to the regime’s international policies,” says a leading analyst.

“No …

State-controlled media reveled in embarrassing the U.S. over an alleged attempt to recruit a Russian intelligence agent, highlighting the summoning of U.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul (right) to the Russian Foreign Ministry to receive a formal protest.

“In the Russian elite …

“Pakistan is about to cross an important threshold: this weekend’s elections, if all goes to plan, will mark the country’s first transition between elected governments. But this is not a moment for triumphalism,” writes a prominent analyst.

Opinion surveys …

Tunisia’s major parties may have ended a months-old stalemate by negotiating a provisional agreement on the country’s future constitution, but the country’s democratic transition faces an overlapping threat from violent jihadists and ultra-conservative Salafists, say analysts.  

“We have overcome …

“Imran Khan’s supporters believe the serious injuries he sustained from a fall during a rally on Tuesday night could help his bid to become a major political force, despite the fact he will be hospitalized for the crucial last …

Bolivia expelled the U.S. Agency for International Development last week because the agency doesn’t just offer paternalistic aid to the poor, it also advances democracy by promoting their empowerment.

“It was a familiar charge for the State Department’s principal foreign …

“Thousands of people turned out Monday for a protest here that was intended to draw attention to what organizers said was the return of political prosecutions in the Russian courts,” The New York Times’ Andrew E. Kramer reports …