Brookings Doha Center

Saad al-Kaabi, Minister of State for Energy Affairs, speaks during a news conference in Doha, Qatar, December 3, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Knecht - RC18DCFC5890

Order from Chaos

Qatar breaks up with OPEC: It’s not you, it’s me

Samantha Gross and Adel Abdel Ghafar

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Daniela Tejada, wife of British academic Matthew Hedges who was jailed in U.A.E. for spying, talks to the media outside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London, Britain, November 22, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson - RC13F6E13BE0

Up Front

GCC News Roundup: UK student pardoned in the UAE, opposition leaders receive life sentences in Bahrain (November 1-30)

Sunday, December 2, 2018

Political Islam in the Gulf States

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM AST

A member of the Iraqi security forces stands guard as Ameen Mukdad, a violinist from Mosul who lived under ISIS's rule for two and a half years where they destroyed his musical instruments, performs at Nabi Yunus shrine in eastern Mosul, Iraq, April 19, 2017. REUTERS/ Muhammad Hamed - RC167F7F0AE0

Report

Sectarianism, governance, and Iraq’s future

Monday, November 26, 2018

Experts

Noha Aboueldahab

Visiting Fellow - Brookings Doha Center

@NohaAboueldahab

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Visiting Fellow - Brookings Doha Center

AFathollahNejad

Tarik M. Yousef

Director - Brookings Doha Center

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Brookings Doha Center

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Research

Protesters shout slogans during a march, demanding equal inheritance rights for women, in Tunis, Tunisia March 10, 2018. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

Report

Taking stock: Tunisia’s transitional justice

Noha Aboueldahab

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrives at the EU council in Brussels, Belgium May 15, 2018.

Iran

Europe and the future of Iran policy: Dealing with a dual crisis

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Monday, October 22, 2018

Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces members guard near the building belonging to a Popular Mobilization Forces in Basra, Iraq September 8, 2018. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani

Report

Containment and engagement: The rise of armed non-state actors

Thursday, October 4, 2018

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Blog Posts

Barham Salih, Iraq's newly elected president, walks with Iraq's new Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi at the parliament headquarters, in Baghdad, Iraq October 2, 2018. REUTERS/Khalid al Mousily - RC14461FCEC0

Order from Chaos

Can Iraq’s new leadership win (and keep) the peace?

Friday, November 23, 2018

A security staff member stands at the entrance of Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, Turkey October 31, 2018. REUTERS/Osman Orsal -

Up Front

GCC News Roundup: Saudi Arabia in hot water over Khashoggi’s death, British academic released on bail in UAE (October 1-31)

Thursday, November 1, 2018

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (C) speaks alongside U.S. Ambassador David Satterfield (R) and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale (L) while hosting a Gulf Cooperation Council summit on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, U.S. September 28, 2018. REUTERS/Darren Ornitz -

Up Front

GCC News Roundup: Gulf States’ foreign ministers meet with Pompeo, GCC military budget to reach $100 billion (September 1-30)

Monday, October 1, 2018

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Op-Eds

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi alongside the ASEAN Summit in Manila, Philippines November 13, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1E3298AB00

Op-Ed

Opinion: Will India ever align with the West?

Kadira Pethiyagoda

Sunday, October 28, 2018

Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi speaks at an event hosted by Middle East Monitor in London, Britain, September 29, 2018. Picture taken September 29, 2018. Middle East Monitor/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. THIS IMAGE WAS PROCESSED BY REUTERS TO ENHANCE QUALITY, AN UNPROCESSED VERSION HAS BEEN PROVIDED SEPARATELY. - RC14B9F97A30

Op-Ed

Khashoggi disappearance places spotlight on media freedom in Middle East

Sunday, October 21, 2018

A malnourished boy lies on a weighing scale at the malnutrition ward of al-Sabeen hospital in Sanaa, Yemen September 11, 2018. Picture taken September 11, 2018. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Op-Ed

Calls for accountability as Yemen suffers genocide by starvation

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

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Events

The 2018 U.S. midterm elections: Impact on Trump’s presidency and Middle East policy

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM AST

From war to famine: How to end Yemen’s violent conflict?

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM AST

Turkey in a new period: Challenges and opportunities

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM AST

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