Center for Middle East Policy

A Detroit Police officer talks with two armed men, one of whom is carrying a "The Boogaloo stands with George Floyd" sign, during a rally against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. May 30, 2020. Picture taken May 30, 2020. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

How a new administration might better fight white supremacist violence

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Former U.S. National Security Advisors Brent Scowcroft (L) and Zbigniew Brzezinski (R) appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington January 21, 2015. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)

Remembering Brent Scowcroft, a true national security maverick

Monday, August 10, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks at a news conference in Putrajaya, Malaysia, February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng/File Photo

The pandemic deals a blow to Pakistan’s democracy

Thursday, August 6, 2020

A view shows damaged buildings following Tuesday's blast in Beirut's port area, Lebanon August 5, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Lebanon as Paradise Lost

Jeffrey Feltman

Wednesday, August 5, 2020

President George H.W. Bush is surrounded by a sea of U.S. military personnel as he greets troops following an arrival ceremony in the eastern Saudi Arabian city of Dhahran November 22, 1990. Bush celebrates Thanksgiving Day with U.S. troops from all branches of the military deployed here after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Reuters/Terry Bochatey ( SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE

30 years after our ‘endless wars’ in the Middle East began, still no end in sight

Monday, July 27, 2020

Front of the headquarters of the United Nations Office in Geneva. Geneva, Switzerland, March 04, 2020.Facade du siege de l office des Nations Unis de Geneve. Geneve, 4 Mars 2020.NO USE FRANCE

Counterterrorism and the UN: The rise and hapless fall of American leadership

Monday, July 20, 2020

Security men wearing protective masks stand on a street during a 24-hour curfew amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Sanaa, Yemen May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Yemen’s disaster becomes “cataclysmic”

Monday, July 6, 2020

Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Mustafa al-Kadhimi delivers a speech during the vote on the new government at the parliament headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, May 7, 2020. Iraqi Parliament Media Office/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Was Iraq’s prime minister right to go after an Iranian proxy?

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Palestinian Americans and supporters demonstrate against U.S. President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., December 8, 2017. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

What Americans think about the looming Israeli annexation and Trump’s Middle East plan

Shibley Telhami

Monday, June 29, 2020

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during an international conference on the future of Afghan refugees living in Pakistan, organized by Pakistan and the UN Refugee Agency in Islamabad, Pakistan February 17, 2020. REUTERS/Saiyna Bashir

Will the Afghan peace process be Pakistan’s road to redemption?

Thursday, June 25, 2020