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People demonstrate in commemoration of George Floyd near the American embassy at Pariser Platz in Berlin, Germany, May 31, 2020. About 200 people gathered in front of the Brandenburg Gate in the German capital to protest against police brutality racism and hate. 46-year-old African-American, George Floyd died on May 25, 2020 after a Minneapolis police officer was kneeling on his neck for several minutes during his arrest. The controversial act of police brutality sparked violent demonstrations throughout the U.S with reports of riots in Minnesota, California, New-York and more. Reports also mention that Derek Chauvin, one of the police officers allegedly involved in the incident was arrested and will be charged with Third-degree murder. (Photo by: Omer Messinger)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Order from Chaos

Promoting human rights abroad when they’re being trampled at home

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

NYPD officers detain a protester who was looting in a store after marching against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., June 2, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Order from Chaos

Riots, white supremacy, and accelerationism

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

King Abdullah II of Jordan chairs a meeting to check measures regarding spreading of COVID-19 epidemic, at the Royal Palace in Amman, Jordan on March 16, 2020. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Order from Chaos

With Israel’s annexation plans looming, an hour of decision for Jordan’s Hashemites

Monday, June 1, 2020

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi uses his mobile phone at his office in Baghdad, Iraq May 9, 2020. Picture taken May 9, 2020. Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Order from Chaos

How the US should approach the strategic dialogue with Iraq

Friday, May 29, 2020

Spotlight: Iran's revolution, 40 years on

Iran’s Islamic Revolution shook the world in 1979. The dramatic event and its complex ripple effects — currents that continue to be felt today — redrew the geopolitical order. Forty years later, Brookings experts look back on the rise of the Islamic Republic and explore what the revolution means for today’s volatile Middle East.

Cvr: The Iranian Revolution at Forty

The Iranian Revolution at Forty

Edited by Suzanne Maloney

2020

FILE PHOTO OF FEBRUARY 1979 - Supporters of the leader and founder of the Islamic revolution Ayatollah Khomeini hold his picture in Tehran during the country's revolution in February 1979. Iraninans celebrate the 20th anniverssary of the Revolution this week.DS/WS - RP1DRIHULAAA

Order from Chaos

The Iranian revolution—A timeline of events

Suzanne Maloney and Keian Razipour

Thursday, January 24, 2019

Pro-Khomeini demonstration in Mashhad - 1978. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pro-Khomeini_demonstration_in_Mashhad_-_1978.jpg

Order from Chaos

Watch: Experts look back on Iran’s 1979 revolution and the US response

Suzanne Maloney and Bruce Riedel

Thursday, January 24, 2019

Head shot Shah of Iran, Washington, D.C.. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Head_shot_of_Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi.tif

Order from Chaos

What Iran’s revolution looked like from inside the shah’s palace

Thursday, January 24, 2019

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Experts

Natan Sachs

Director - Center for Middle East Policy

Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy

Suzanne Maloney

Interim Vice President and Director - Foreign Policy

Daniel L. Byman

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy

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Research

Sons of Onyeka Oguaghamba, one of the Nigerian men arrested on charges of public display of affection with members of the same sex, walk to school in Lagos, Nigeria, February 11, 2020. Oguaghamba says he was sleeping outside the hotel in car at the time of the raid and was caught up in the arrests. While he was in police detention, Oguaghamba said, his four boys were told their father had been on television. "I felt so bad, although they didn't understand what gay means," he said. "They asked me - why police arrested me and they were showing me on television. I explained to them that the police can arrest anybody at any time." REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja SEARCH "NIGERIA LGBT" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Terrorism & Extremism

Education and Boko Haram in Nigeria

April 2020

People walk near the light rail in the centre of Jerusalem October 18, 2015. A surge in Palestinian attacks in Israel is raising concerns that the weakening economy could eventually be pushed into recession. Picture taken October 18, 2015. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Israel

A growth strategy for the Israeli economy

Zvi Eckstein, Avihai Lifschitz, and Sarit Menahem-Carmi

April 2020

Sweden Democrats party leader Jimmie Akesson speaks on election evening at Kristallen restaurant in central Stockholm, Sweden September 9, 2018. TT News Agency/Anders Wiklund/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. SWEDEN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SWEDEN.

Immigration

The Rise of Sweden Democrats: Islam, Populism and the End of Swedish Exceptionalism

Danielle Lee Tomson

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

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Events

Webinar: How COVID-19 and the oil shock will reshape the Middle East

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

CANCELED — Webinar: Jihadism at a crossroads

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT

Webinar: Tunnels, missiles, reactors — Understanding North Korea’s role in the Middle East

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

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Blog Posts

TABUK, SAUDI ARABIA- Police and military carry out health checks on drivers as a preventive measure against the coronavirus in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia on April 14, 2020. King Salman of Saudi Arabia extended the curfew throughout the country until new notice due to the spread of the new Covid-19 coronavirus, as reported on Sunday (12) by the Interior Ministry. Saudi Arabia placed its capital Riyadh and other major cities under a 24-hour curfew, blocking much of the population from stopping the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus.

Order from Chaos

As a global economic crisis wreaks havoc on Saudi Arabia, the kingdom should reduce military spending

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a leadership meeting in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 19, 2020. Alaa Badarneh/Pool via REUTERS

Order from Chaos

Years of dereliction has left the PLO facing annexation without a plan

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Members of the GKB academy, a unicycle club, return from school to the academy in Lagos, Nigeria October 11, 2019. Picture taken October 11, 2019. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Order from Chaos

The fundamental connection between education and Boko Haram in Nigeria

Thursday, May 7, 2020

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Books

road warriors

Road Warriors: Foreign Fighters in the Armies of Jihad

By Daniel L. Byman

2019

Rethinking Political Islam

Rethinking Political Islam

By Shadi Hamid and William McCants

2017

"Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle Over Islam Is Reshaping the World" (St. Martin's Press, 2016) by Shadi Hamid

Islamic Exceptionalism

By Shadi Hamid

2016