Frederick Deknatel
Frederick Deknatel is World Politics Review’s managing editor. Prior to joining WPR, he was a staff editor at Foreign Affairs and, earlier, worked on the editorial staff of Rolling Stone and The Nation. His writing has appeared in The Nation, Foreign Policy, The New Republic, The Christian Science Monitor, Newsweek and The Los Angeles Review of Books, among other publications. A former Fulbright fellow in Syria, he has a master’s degree in modern Middle Eastern studies from Oxford and a bachelor’s degree in history and Arabic from Vassar.
Articles written by Frederick Deknatel
Middle East Memo
Where 50 Years of Assad Family Rule Have Left Syria
Frederick Deknatel
Monday, Nov. 16, 2020
This New, Narrow Vision for the Middle East Isn’t Really About Peace
Frederick Deknatel
Monday, Sept. 14, 2020
The Aftermath of the Beirut Blast Looks All Too Familiar to Lebanon
Frederick Deknatel
Friday, Aug. 14, 2020
Even in a Pandemic, Egypt’s Sisi Only Has One Gear: Repression
Frederick Deknatel
Monday, July 20, 2020
Is Syria’s Assad as Weak as He Appears?
Frederick Deknatel
Thursday, June 18, 2020
What Victory on Assad’s Terms Looks Like in Syria
Frederick Deknatel
Friday, Nov. 22, 2019
Column
Talk of the Endgame in Syria Dodges the Question of Recovery
Frederick Deknatel
Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019
There Will Be No Justice in Assad’s ‘Victorious Syria’
Frederick Deknatel
Friday, Aug. 17, 2018
Will Anyone Bear Responsibility for the Civilian Costs of Defeating ISIS?
Frederick Deknatel
Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017
The Battle to Come Over Reconstruction in Syria
Frederick Deknatel
Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017
Middle East Memo
Where 50 Years of Assad Family Rule Have Left Syria
Frederick Deknatel
Monday, Nov. 16, 2020
This New, Narrow Vision for the Middle East Isn’t Really About Peace
Frederick Deknatel
Monday, Sept. 14, 2020
Even in a Pandemic, Egypt’s Sisi Only Has One Gear: Repression
Frederick Deknatel
Monday, July 20, 2020
What Victory on Assad’s Terms Looks Like in Syria
Frederick Deknatel
Friday, Nov. 22, 2019
Column
Talk of the Endgame in Syria Dodges the Question of Recovery
Frederick Deknatel
Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019
Will Anyone Bear Responsibility for the Civilian Costs of Defeating ISIS?
Frederick Deknatel
Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017
The Aftermath of the Beirut Blast Looks All Too Familiar to Lebanon
Frederick Deknatel
Friday, Aug. 14, 2020
Is Syria’s Assad as Weak as He Appears?
Frederick Deknatel
Thursday, June 18, 2020
There Will Be No Justice in Assad’s ‘Victorious Syria’
Frederick Deknatel
Friday, Aug. 17, 2018
The Battle to Come Over Reconstruction in Syria
Frederick Deknatel
Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017