Amanda Ufheil-Somers

Amanda Ufheil-Somers is the assistant editor of Middle East Report, published by the Middle East Research and Information Project. MERIP.org

Op-Ed

Doubling Down on Dictatorship in the Middle East

The Arab Spring didn't stop US support for friendly despots.

January 3, 2015

Op-Ed

Bombing raids on Islamic State targets in Iraq may just make things worse.

September 18, 2014

Op-Ed

Obama's Iraq track record doesn't mark much of an improvement over the mess his predecessor made.

July 25, 2014

Op-Ed

Hagel may find it hard to see through the tear gas, but US diplomacy has been anything but tough when it comes to encouraging reform in Bahrain.

January 12, 2014