Brookings Doha Center

U.S. President Donald Trump takes his seat before his speech to the Arab Islamic American Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 21, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

The U.S.-Saudi Arabia relationship goes beyond Donald Trump

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Lebanon's Hezbollah fighters sit on pick-up trucks mounted with weapons in Khashaat, in the Qalamoun region after they advanced in the area May 15, 2015. When Lebanon's Hezbollah first joined Syria's war on the side of President Bashar al-Assad, its role was a closely guarded secret. Today, as Hezbollah plants its flag in land won from rebels north of Damascus, its role could hardly be more public. Picture taken May 15, 2015. To match Insight MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Iran’s complicated but resistible influence in Syria

Friday, May 19, 2017

Supporters of Iran's President Hassan Rouhani hold his posters during a campaign rally in Tehran, Iran, May 17, 2017. Picture taken May 17, 2017. TIMA via Reuters ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY.

Iranians want progress, not populism

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the Roundtable Summit Phase One Sessions of Belt and Road Forum at the International Conference Center in Yanqi Lake on May 15, 2017 in Beijing, China. REUTERS/Lintao Zhang/Pool *** Local Caption *** Xi Jinping - RTX35URP

What’s driving China’s New Silk Road, and how should the West respond?

Kadira Pethiyagoda

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Kadira Pethiyagoda discusses China's Silk Road Summit

China’s Silk Road Summit

Kadira Pethiyagoda

Monday, May 15, 2017

Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG) head a convoy of U.S military vehicles in the town of Darbasiya next to the Turkish border, Syria April 28, 2017. REUTERS/Rodi Said

Arming the Kurdish fighters of the YPG could backfire spectacularly on the US

Friday, May 12, 2017

Head of the Badr Organisation Hadi al-Amiri (C, L) walks with Shi'ite fighters in Makhoul mountains, north of Baiji, October 17, 2015. Iraqi forces and Shi'ite militia fighters recaptured most of the countrys largest oil refinery from Islamic State militants on Thursday, security officials said. The report could not be independently confirmed because it is too dangerous for journalists to enter the battle zone around the refinery near the town of Baiji, about 190 km (120 miles) north of Baghdad.

Shiite militias in Iraq: Why context matters

Ranj Alaaldin and Sumaya Attia

Thursday, May 11, 2017

Iraqi Sajida al-Rishawi, 35, stands inside a military court at Juwaida prison in Amman April 24, 2006. Sajida will stand trial on Monday in a state security court for the attacks on three Amman hotels on November 9 by her husband and two other male Iraqi suicide bombers. Rishawi has been charged with conspiracy to carry out terrorist acts, causing death and destruction, and the illegal possession of weapons and explosives, and faces a death sentence if found guilty.

Female terrorists and their role in jihadi groups

Beverley Milton-Edwards and Sumaya Attia

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal gestures as he announces a new policy document in Doha, Qatar, May 1, 2017. REUTERS/Naseem Zeitoon

Hamas progress with Israel ‘an important starting point’

Beverley Milton-Edwards

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Demonstrators gather during a rally in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails, in the West Bank city of Ramallah April 17, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman - RTS12LU5

Prison politics in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Beverley Milton-Edwards

Monday, May 1, 2017