Center for Middle East Policy

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

A boat of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard sails close to Stena Impero, a British-flagged vessel owned by Stena Bulk, near Bandar Abbas port, Iran July 21, 2019. Picture taken July 21, 2019. Fars News Agency/ WANA Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1D73A09A90

Iran’s threats are an attempt to negotiate

Suzanne Maloney

Friday, July 26, 2019

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi attends a summit between Arab league and European Union member states, in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, February 24, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - RC1131697370

Essebsi, founding father of Tunisia’s second republic, leaves mixed legacy

Thursday, July 25, 2019

FILE PHOTO 7MAY96 - Indian soldiers keep vigil at Degwar in strife-torn Kashmir which borders Pakistan in this file photo. India on Wednesday launched air strikes on its side of a ceasefire line to expel Pakistan-backed militants who infiltrated in Kashmir's Kargil sector. It also warned Pakistan's army and airforce not to interfere.KK/CC - RP1DRIIGLPAA

How the 1999 Kargil conflict redefined US-India ties

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Health workers carry a national flag as they march during a protest calling on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to quit, in Algiers, Algeria March 19, 2019. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC16969E1C30

Surveying protesters and the military amid Algeria’s uprising

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

The lobby of the CIA Headquarters Building in McLean, Virginia, August 14, 2008. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES) - GM1E48F0B7101

Women and the war on terror: An insider account

Monday, July 22, 2019