Washington, DC, June 2, 2025 — The Middle East Institute (MEI) is delighted to welcome Natan Sachs as a Senior Fellow, ...

The Middle East Institute (MEI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Ariel I. Ahram as the new Editor of The Middle ...

The recent elevation of Gen. Asim Munir to the rank of field marshal is a thunderous declaration of the Pakistani military’s ...

President Donald Trump’s first official foreign policy trip, as in his first term, was to Saudi Arabia earlier this month, ...

US President Donald Trump was back in his comfort zone this week, fulminating online and ranting to journalists about ...

The harsh realities of the region’s threats and challenges, like Iran and the Gaza war, stubbornly persist following the pomp ...

Led by renowned scholars and regional experts, MEI's policy research programs produce original analysis, convene roundtables and public events, and work to advance understanding of the complexities of ...

Ebrahim Raisi, the eighth president of Iran, has taken over at a time when the Islamic Republic is facing a series of major potential crises. Over the next several decades, these crises could have ...

The United States is trapped in a reactive Middle East policy approach of its own making one year into a regional war that continues to expand. This strategic drift in US policy is a direct result of ...

The Middle East Journal is the oldest peer-reviewed publication in North America dedicated to the study of the modern Middle East. First printed in 1947, the Journal continues to present readers with ...

For more than a decade, Syria’s crisis has caused unimaginable suffering inside the country and a constant stream of strategically significant negative spillover effects across the Middle East and ...

The inauguration last week of Iran’s new president, Ebrahim Raisi, has been heralded as the advent of a “New Iran” by the ultra-conservative camp. Following the failure of the 2015 nuclear deal under ...