Food insecurity is fundamentally a governance issue, not only a geopolitical or humanitarian one. The populations most at ...

After over a decade of division between rival factions in eastern and western Libya, the Trump administration has put forward a plan to unite the two sides through a power-sharing agreement. Hosts ...

Few figures have done more to shape the world’s understanding of ancient Egypt than Dr. Zahi Hawass. In this conversation, the renowned Egyptologist will discuss the most exciting developments in ...

The ongoing Iran war has exposed the vulnerability of United States military installations and key infrastructure in the Middle East to the full array of Iranian threats, including asymmetric tactics.

Deal or no deal? That has been the central question looming in the standoff between Iran and America since a fragile ceasefire was announced on 8 April before being extended indefinitely by US ...

Gönül Tol is a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute (MEI), where she focuses on Turkish politics, US-Turkey relations and regional dynamics in the Middle East. She is the author of Erdogan’s War ...

Tension between Israel and the UAE strains US relationship with the Middle East alliance Tension between Israel and the UAE strains US relationship with the Middle East alliance From 2012 to 2025, he ...

Alan Eyre is a Distinguished Diplomatic Fellow at the Middle East Institute and the founder and president of EyreAnalytics LLC. He retired from the US Foreign Service in September 2023 after a 40-year ...

Join MEI’s Arts and Culture Center for an evening of comedy, storytelling, and community, presented in partnership with Rola Z. LIVE at MEI: Voices from the Arab Diaspora brings together uplifting ...

There is a new and little noticed geostrategic alliance on the rise. India, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have had surface-level, transactional relations for a long time. However, last ...

The last few weeks in Iran have retaught us lessons we already knew — lessons written in blood, courage, denial, and cruelty. We were reminded that the clerical regime’s ineptitude in governing is ...