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Panel of experts at a Brookings event on Yemen

Order from Chaos

Experts discuss the war in Yemen and the role of international actors

Israa Saber

Thursday, November 15, 2018

Mourners visit a makeshift memorial outside the Tree of Life synagogue, a day after 11 Jewish worshippers were shot dead in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 28, 2018. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton - HP1EEAS1UMVP2

Op-Ed

In 1986, another anti-Semitic Pittsburgh shooter murdered my childhood friend

Shalom Lipner

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Boys read the Koran inside Markaz Al-Madrasa Al-Islamia, an Islamic seminary and orphanage, during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Shadipora on the outskirts of Srinagar May 20, 2018. REUTERS/Danish Ismail - RC14F69A05E0

Religion & Politics

Islam as statecraft: How governments use religion in foreign policy

Peter Mandaville and Shadi Hamid

November 2018

Members of Yemen's counter-terrorism force take part in field training near the capital Sanaa May 12, 2007. Yemen said on Saturday it was recalling its ambassadors to Iran and Libya over what it sees as their support for Shi'ite Muslim rebels involved in bloody clashes with government forces. REUTERS/ Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN) - GM1DVFZEZYAA

Order from Chaos

How a Democratic Congress might improve counterterrorism and Middle East policy

Daniel L. Byman

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Experts

Natan Sachs

Director - Center for Middle East Policy

Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy

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Hady Amr

Visiting Fellow - Foreign Policy

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Peter Mandaville

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy, U.S. Relations with the Islamic World

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Research

United States President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the State Department during the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism in Washington February 19, 2015. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW MILITARY POLITICS RELIGION) - GM1EB2K00X201

Terrorism & Extremism

A roadmap to progress: The state of the global P/CVE agenda

Eric Rosand, Michael Jones, Franziska Praxl-Tabuchi, and Emily Winterbotham

September 2018

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

Report

After Oslo: Rethinking the two-state solution

Khaled Elgindy

June 2018

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Blog Posts

Cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan, chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), speaks to members of media after casting his vote at a polling station during the general election in Islamabad, Pakistan, July 25, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha - RC1799F93F60

Order from Chaos

Imran Khan and Pakistan’s hardliners

Madiha Afzal

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

A drone is seen during a demonstration for the media before a news conference by Chinese food delivery company Ele.me on its drone delivery service, in Shanghai, China May 29, 2018. REUTERS/Aly Song - RC1F52D05060

Order from Chaos

Artificial intelligence and the security dilemma

Chris Meserole

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Iranian rials, U.S. dollars and Iraqi dinars are seen at a currency exchange shop in Basra, Iraq November 3, 2018. Picture taken November 3, 2018. REUTERS/Essam al-Sudani - RC18BD110300

Order from Chaos

“Sanctions are coming”— but Trump has no achievable end game for Iran

Suzanne Maloney

Monday, November 5, 2018

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Books

Rethinking Political Islam

By Shadi Hamid and William McCants

2017

Islamic Exceptionalism

By Shadi Hamid

2016

Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and the Global Jihadist Movement: What Everyone Needs to Know

By Daniel L. Byman

2015

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Center for Middle East Policy

Experts discuss the war in Yemen and the role of international actors

In 1986, another anti-Semitic Pittsburgh shooter murdered my childhood friend

Islam as statecraft: How governments use religion in foreign policy

How a Democratic Congress might improve counterterrorism and Middle East policy

Experts

Natan Sachs

Director - Center for Middle East Policy

Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy

Hady Amr

Visiting Fellow - Foreign Policy

Peter Mandaville

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy, U.S. Relations with the Islamic World

Research

A roadmap to progress: The state of the global P/CVE agenda

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

After Oslo: Rethinking the two-state solution

Events

100 days of Imran Khan

U.S. policy and the war in Yemen

An alternative vision for Israel

Blog Posts

Imran Khan and Pakistan’s hardliners

Artificial intelligence and the security dilemma

“Sanctions are coming”— but Trump has no achievable end game for Iran

Books

Rethinking Political Islam

Islamic Exceptionalism

Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and the Global Jihadist Movement: What Everyone Needs to Know

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