Center for Middle East Policy

PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat (R) gestures to Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (3rd R), as U.S. President Bill Clinton (2nd R) stands between them, following their handshake after the signing of the Israeli-PLO peace accord, at the White House in Washington September 13, 1993. Also in picture is Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres (L). REUTERS/Gary Hershorn (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - GM1E99E00JX01

Order from Chaos

The day Israeli-Palestinian peace seemed within reach

Martin S. Indyk

Thursday, September 13, 2018

A general view of Jerusalem as seen from the Mount of Olives shows the Dome of the Rock, located in Jerusalem's Old City on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, June 21, 2018. REUTERS/Ammar Awad - RC1EDA67DF60

Order from Chaos

Four lessons for the post-Oslo era

Khaled Elgindy

Thursday, September 13, 2018

Smoke rises from an emergency service point after an airstrike at the rebel-held village of Maar Zita in Idlib province, Syria April 27, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah - RC11F2F53AF0

Order from Chaos

How to prevent a massacre and the creation of ISIS 2.0 in Syria’s Idlib province

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Steven Heydemann

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

A New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer pauses at the edge of the reflecting pool at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum during ceremonies marking the 16th anniversary of the attacks in New York, U.S., September 11, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC191F4FEB50

Terrorism & Extremism

Have US counterterrorism efforts improved since 9/11?

Daniel L. Byman

Monday, September 10, 2018

Spotlight: Debating the Iran Nuclear Deal

Brookings experts examine what’s at stake—for the United States, Europe, Iran, and the Middle East more broadly—regarding the Iran nuclear deal, debate the agreement’s merits, and offer recommendations as to the deal’s future.

REFILE - CORRECTING ACTION Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference at the Ministry of Defence in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 30, 2018. REUTERS/ Amir Cohen - RC13A39FB630

Order from Chaos

As Trump mulls the Iran deal’s fate, a three-ring circus ensues

Suzanne Maloney

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference at the Ministry of Defence in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 30, 2018. REUTERS/ Amir Cohen - RC11C40F3DE0

Order from Chaos

Israeli intelligence coup could help Trump “fix” the Iran deal

Robert Einhorn

Friday, May 4, 2018

Saudi Arabia's King Salman takes his seat during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, October 5, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Kadobnov/Pool - RC157884EA00

Markaz

Why the Saudis would cheer the de-certification of the Iran deal

Bruce Riedel

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on what is expected to be "implementation day," the day the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) verifies that Iran has met all conditions under the nuclear deal, in Vienna January 16, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - GF20000096885

Order from Chaos

Watch: Experts explain what’s at stake on the Iran nuclear deal

Suzanne Maloney and Thomas Wright

Friday, May 4, 2018

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Research

Syria

Beyond fragility: Syria and the challenges of reconstruction in fierce states

Steven Heydemann

June 2018

Demonstrators hold Palestinian flags as they celebrate after the U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a Palestinian-drafted resolution to fly Palestine's flag at United Nations headquarters, during a protest against Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah, September 11, 2015. There were 119 votes in favor out of 193 U.N. members.The United States and Israel were among eight countries that voted against the Palestinian-drafted resolution, which says the flags of non-member observer states like Palestine "shall be raised at (U.N.) Headquarters (in New York) and United Nations Offices following the flags of the member states." REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman - RTSMSD

Middle East & North Africa

After Oslo: Rethinking the two-state solution

Khaled Elgindy

June 2018

A demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag during clashes with Israeli troops at a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's decision on Jerusalem, near the border with Israel in the southern Gaza Strip March 16, 2018. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa - RC1D250522B0

The Palestinian Territories

How the peace process killed the two-state solution

Khaled Elgindy

Thursday, April 12, 2018

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Blog Posts

Newly displaced Syrian children arrive to a refugee camp in Atimah village, Idlib province, Syria September 11, 2018. REUTERS/ Khalil Ashawi - RC1969082B70

Order from Chaos

The United States can stop a looming catastrophe for 3 million Syrians

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Steven Heydemann

Thursday, September 20, 2018

Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres (sitting 2nd R) signs the Israeli-PLO peace accord as then PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat (R), then Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (L) and then U.S. President Bill Clinton (back C) stand behind him during a ceremony, at the White House in Washington September 13, 1993. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - GM1E99D1UC401

Order from Chaos

The Oslo Accords at 25: A personal reflection

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Thursday, September 13, 2018

A Palestinian boy holding a Palestinian flag takes shelter from Israeli gunfire during clashes with Israeli soldiers at Gush Kitaf Jewish settlement near Khan-Younes south of the Gaza Strip November 7, 2000.JFL/FMS - RP2DRHYJWXAA

Order from Chaos

The Oslo Accords at 25, the second intifada at 18

Daniel L. Byman

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

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Books

Rethinking Political Islam

By Shadi Hamid and William McCants

2017

Islamic Exceptionalism

By Shadi Hamid

2016

The ISIS Apocalypse: The History, Strategy, and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic State

By William McCants

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Senior Fellow - Center for Middle East Policy, Energy Security and Climate Initiative

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An alternative vision for Israel

The fallout of President Trump’s JCPOA decision

The future of political Islam: Trends and prospects