Center for Middle East Policy

Supporters of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, react as they blocked the road during clashes, ahead of Khan's possible arrest outside his home, in Lahore, Pakistan March 14, 2023. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza

Pakistan’s always-troubled democracy is on the brink once again

Friday, May 26, 2023

Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit reacts next to Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry during the opening session of the meeting of Arab foreign ministers at the Arab League Headquarters, to discuss the Syrian situation and Sudan crisis, in Cairo, Egypt May 7, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Syria’s normalization signals a new Middle Eastern order

Steven Heydemann

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Hundreds of citizens from the city of Zarzis, located in the south of Tunisia, participated in a peaceful march to demand to know the truth about the fate of their relatives who were lost at sea after attempting to reach Italy. There are many concerns about the shipwreck, especially since a number of the victims were buried without finding the identities of the deceased. January 6, 2023. Zarzis, Medenine, Tunisia. (Photo by Mohamed Krit/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

It’s not too late: How to save Tunisian democracy

Shadi Hamid and Sharan Grewal

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Taliban members drive in a convoy to celebrate the first anniversary of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, along a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 31, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara

What the Biden administration’s report on the Afghanistan withdrawal gets wrong

Friday, May 5, 2023

A Syrian refugee walks near tents, at an informal settlement, in Al-Marj, in Bekaa, Lebanon April 5, 2023. REUTERS/Emilie Madi

Syrian refugees face a grim future without international policy shifts

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

A view of a U.S. flag and an Israeli flag held up by people during a demonstration to show support for U.S. President Joe Biden, for not inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House, in front of the U.S. Consulate in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 30, 2023. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

Is Israel a democracy? Here’s what Americans think

Shibley Telhami

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Protestors against the reform hold a hand-painted sign of Leviathan (Hobbes book) cover with the face of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Tens of thousands protests in Jerusalem against Netanyahus far-right government and its controversial legal reform. Mar 27th 2023. (Photo by Matan Golan/Sipa USA).No Use Germany.

The corruption and autocracy nexus: The case of “King Bibi”

Norman Eisen, Mansi Patel, and Kai Smith

Monday, April 10, 2023

Supporters of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr protest against corruption, inside the parliament in Baghdad, Iraq July 30, 2022. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Corruption is the forgotten legacy of the Iraq invasion

Reva Dhingra and Marsin Alshamary

Monday, April 3, 2023

U.S. President Joe Biden walks to board a plane following an Arab summit, at King Abdulaziz International Airprot, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 16, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Should “Islam” matter in US foreign policy?

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Israel Defence Forces soldiers preventing access for locals and activists from olive plantations during harvest season in Salfit, The West Bank on Oct. 11, 2021. The plantation on the outskirts of the town of Salfit was annexed in the last year to a new Jewish outpost - Avi view farm, although Plestinians hold land deeds for the land. During an attempt to break the white line zoning a closed military zone in the plantations, the army used stun grenades and arrested three activists. (Photo by Matan Golan/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Violence in the West Bank is a nightmare for Netanyahu

Monday, March 6, 2023