Browse Research and Commentary

Obama-Netanyahu Meeting: It’s All About Iran

September 30, 2013, Tamara Cofman Wittes

Syria, Chemical Weapons and the U.S.: Debating the Proposal From Russia

September 10, 2013, Tamara Cofman Wittes, Michael Doran, Jeremy Shapiro, Bruce Riedel, Fiona Hill, Bruce Jones and Kenneth M. Pollack

U.S. Should Suspend Funds to the Egyptian Military

August 22, 2013, Tamara Cofman Wittes and Amy Hawthorne

Egypt and Beyond: Military Intervention and the Democratic Process

July 11, 2013

• Audio
• Transcript

Six Thoughts on Egypt's Revolutionary Coup

July 4, 2013, Tamara Cofman Wittes

Syria, the U.S., and Arming the Rebels: Assad’s Use of Chemical Weapons and Obama’s Red Line

June 14, 2013, Tamara Cofman Wittes, Michael Doran, Daniel L. Byman, Shadi Hamid and Bruce Riedel

Unrest in Turkey: Assessing the Causes and Impact of the Protests

June 6, 2013

• Video
• Audio
• Transcript

Egypt's NGOs Matter

June 5, 2013, Tamara Cofman Wittes

Tunisia's Democratic Future: An Address by Rached Ghannouchi

May 31, 2013

• Video
• Audio
• Transcript

Beyond the Arab Awakening: A Strategic Assessment of the Middle East

May 23, 2013, Tamara Cofman Wittes, Daniel L. Byman, Michael Doran, Suzanne Maloney and Steven Pifer

The Egypt-Israel Peace Test

May 10, 2013, Itamar Rabinovich and Tamara Cofman Wittes

Around the Halls: Israel's Airstrikes in Syria

May 7, 2013, Daniel L. Byman, Kenneth M. Pollack, Michael Doran, Natan B. Sachs, Suzanne Maloney, Salman Shaikh and Tamara Cofman Wittes

A Preview of the 2013 U.S.-Islamic World Forum

May 6, 2013, Tamara Cofman Wittes

• Video

State of Current Political Affairs in Egypt

April 30, 2013, Tamara Cofman Wittes

Women in a Changing Middle East: An Address by Under Secretary of State Tara Sonenshine

April 4, 2013

• Video
• Audio
• Transcript

Brookings Experts on Netanyahu’s New Coalition Government in Israel

March 15, 2013, Martin S. Indyk, Tamara Cofman Wittes, Michael Doran, Khaled Elgindy and Natan B. Sachs

What the U.S. Can Do for Egypt

March 1, 2013, Tamara Cofman Wittes

The United States, India and Pakistan: To the Brink and Back

February 26, 2013

• Video
• Audio
• Transcript

Egypt Two Years After the Revolution:Where Egypt Stands, What the United States Can Do

February 26, 2013, Tamara Cofman Wittes

Iran’s Nuclear Program: Is a Peaceful Solution Possible?

February 19, 2013

• Video
• Audio
• Transcript

The fate of Egypt will be tremendously influential for the fate of the region. For Obama, for the U.S., [Egypt is] where the stakes are.

February 10, 2013, Tamara Cofman Wittes, Christian Science Monitor

John Kerry as Secretary of State

February 6, 2013, Tamara Cofman Wittes

• Audio

Can Kerry Fill Clinton’s Shoes?

February 4, 2013, Tamara Cofman Wittes

The Role of American Universities in the Post-Arab Spring World

January 28, 2013

Big Bets and Black Swans: An Overview

January 18, 2013, Experts from Foreign Policy at Brookings

• Video