All eyes this week are on Alaska, where US President Donald Trump will hold a pivotal meeting with Russian President Vladimir ...

As the Trump administration pushes to expand the Abraham Accords in the Middle East and into the Caucasus and Central Asia, ...

Six months into his second term, President Donald Trump remains in search of a major, concrete foreign policy win. Trump ...

The Middle East Institute (MEI) is deeply saddened by the passing of William H. Webster, a distinguished former member of our ...

Iran war, a quieter but significant battle played out in cyberspace, highlighting how Tehran has refined its use of digital ...

President Masoud Pezeshkian’s first year in office has been defined by Iran’s familiar political structural constraints, ...

The Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, shattered Israel’s long-standing security paradigm, replacing limited deterrence with an ambitious campaign aimed at dismantling Hamas, confronting Hizballah and ...

MEI’s Senior Fellow for US Foreign Policy Brian Katulis sits down with a cast of friends, colleagues, and fellow MENA policy professionals for casual conversations on the most important happenings in ...

As the dog days of August approach, we are pleased to share a curated summer reading list featuring some of VP for Policy Ken ...

After 11 years of war in Syria, the COVID-19 pandemic, and an economic crisis, education for Syrian children and youth has been severely disrupted, leaving more than 2.4 million out of school. Around ...

Election results show that voters dealt a serious blow to Hezbollah’s political allies, favored their opponents, and brought a higher-than-expected number of new civil society candidates to parliament ...

Iranian strategy in the Middle East has long centered on nurturing regional proxies and partners — a so-called “Axis of Resistance” — to mount an existential threat to Israel by encircling it in a ...