Center for Middle East Policy

Supporters of detained presidential candidate and Tunisian media mogul Nabil Karoui react after unofficial results of the Tunisian presidential election in Tunis, Tunisia, September 15, 2019. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed - RC173E0E8170

Political outsiders sweep Tunisia’s presidential elections

Monday, September 16, 2019

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, Israel September 10, 2019. REUTERS/Amir Cohen - RC1ABFF59380

Israeli elections redux: What you need to know

Friday, September 13, 2019

Supporters of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden shout anti-American slogans, after the news of his death, during a rally in Quetta May 2, 2011. Bin Laden was killed in a U.S. helicopter raid on a mansion near the Pakistani capital Islamabad early on Monday, officials said, ending a nearly 10-year worldwide hunt for the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks. U.S. officials said bin Laden was found in the million-dollar compound in the military garrison town of Abbottabad, 60 km (35 miles) north of Islamabad. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed (PAKISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1E75300AX01

Al-Qaida today, 18 years after 9/11

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. Congresswomen Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are seen in a combination from file photos. REUTERS/File Photos - RC166537AA60

A lesson of the Trump, Tlaib, Omar, Netanyahu affair

Monday, August 19, 2019

Members of UAE-backed southern Yemeni separatists forces are seen together with their supporters as they march during a rally in southern port city in Aden, Yemen August 15, 2019. REUTERS/Fawaz Salman - RC12682D60A0

Saudi Arabia and the civil war within Yemen’s civil war

Thursday, August 15, 2019

People gather for a vigil to remember victims of the mass shootings at Dayton and El Paso, at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., August 5, 2019. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz - RC1946393E00

What the post-9/11 war on terror can teach us about responding to domestic terrorism today

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks about privacy during his keynote at Facebook Inc's annual F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, U.S., April 30, 2019. REUTERS/Stephen Lam - HP1EF4U1CO4AA

How to create a terrorism designation process useful to technology companies

Daniel L. Byman

Monday, August 5, 2019

Two Muslim women take pictures after the first Friday prayers during the month of Ramadan at Diyanet Center of America in Lanham, Maryland, U.S., May 10, 2019. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky - RC15CA4BC8D0

For religious American Muslims, hostility from the right and disdain from the left

Monday, August 5, 2019

A photograph circulated by the U.S. State Departments Twitter account to announce a $1 million USD reward for al Qaeda key leader Hamza bin Laden, son of Osama bin Laden, is seen March 1, 2019. State Department/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC19395BB9E0

The death of Hamza bin Laden and the weakness of al-Qaida

Daniel L. Byman

Thursday, August 1, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson (L) as they take part in a session on reforming the United Nations at U.N. Headquarters in New York, U.S., September 18, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC1B969FCF70

Boris Johnson can use his affinity with Trump to calm the crisis over Iran

Suzanne Maloney

Friday, July 26, 2019