Tamara Cofman Wittes

Admiral Ali Saeed Al Shehri speaks with soldiers during mixed maritime exercise with U.S. Navy and Saudi Royal Navy, at Saudi Military Port, Ras Al Ghar, Eastern Province, in Jubail, Saudi Arabia February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

What to do – and what not to do – in the Middle East

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Monday, January 25, 2021

Syrian children smile after a heavy snowstorm at Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, January 8, 2015. Syrian refugees in Jordan's main Zaatari refugee camp appealed for help on Thursday after a regional storm buffeted the Middle East with blizzards, rain and strong winds. The temperatures, which usually average 13 Celsius (55.4 Fahrenheit ) this time of the year have plunged to 2 to zero Celsius (35.6-32 Fahrenheit), Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: ENVIRONMENT CONFLICT)

Stabilization and human development in a disordered Middle East and North Africa

Tamara Cofman Wittes, Joseph Saba, and Kevin Huggard

June 2020

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after their meeting in Jerusalem February 19, 2019. Ariel Schalit /Pool via REUTERS *** Local Caption *** - RC16E22BC130

Is Israel in democratic decline?

Tamara Cofman Wittes and Yael Mizrahi-Arnaud

March 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defence Minister Mohammed bin Salman during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, May 30, 2017. REUTERS/Pavel Golovkin/Pool - RC19885B9FF0

The new geopolitics of the Middle East: America’s role in a changing region

Jeffrey Feltman, Samantha Gross, Martin Indyk, Kemal Kirişci, Suzanne Maloney, Bruce Riedel, Natan Sachs, Amanda Sloat, Angela Stent, Tamara Cofman Wittes, and Bruce Jones

January 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 25, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Brookings experts on Trump’s UNGA speech

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Smoke rises from the Syria's Afrin region, as it is pictured from near the Turkish town of Hassa, on the Turkish-Syrian border in Hatay province, Turkey January 20, 2018. REUTERS/Osman Orsal - RC11FDBEAC00

The fire next time: Stabilization in the Middle East and North Africa

Tamara Cofman Wittes and Brian Reeves

March 2018

President Trump's National Security Strategy highlighted

Brookings experts on Trump’s National Security Strategy

Thursday, December 21, 2017

A soldier loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad's forces is seen in Quneitra, Syria July 22, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki - RC124EE05930

Stabilization planning in Syria

Bruce Jones, Tamara Cofman Wittes, and Sarah Yerkes

March 2017

People carry Syrian national flags while they take a selfie as they attend a festival for peace organized by Caritas in al-Zaytoun church in Old Damascus, Syria October 31, 2016. Picture taken October 31, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki - RTX2RCWT

Real security: The interdependence of governance and stability in the Arab World

Tamara Cofman Wittes

November 2016

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The Middle East in transition

Kenneth M Pollack, Tamara Cofman Wittes, and General Lloyd J. Austin, III

Friday, August 14, 2015