Although deep disconnects plague current transatlantic cooperation in the Middle East, the United States and Europe still share a common interest in stabilizing this volatile region.

Can observers incorporate culture into their analyses of the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy toward the region?

The incoherence of Washington's Syria policy is a symptom of its failure to define a new role in the world.

Here is what the United States should do about it.

This article was originally published here on Fortune.com on Wednesday, January 6, 2016.   Earlier this week, Saudi Arabia cut off diplomatic ties with Iran after authorities executed a popular…