Center for Middle East Policy

A prison guard looks through a small window at the El Harrach prison in Algiers July 14, 2010. Algeria is ready to open its prisons to international inspection to counter allegations that inmates are abused, Farouk Ksentini, chairman of the National Consultative Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, a government-backed human rights body, said on Wednesday. To match Interview ALGERIA-PRISONS/ REUTERS/Louafi Larbi (ALGERIA - Tags: CRIME LAW) - GM1E67F02LF01

Unveiling Algeria’s dark side

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Muslims hold a prayer session on the road as police block them from marching towards the U.S. Embassy to protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 13, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain - RC14E96D48C0

In strategies to counter violent extremism, politics often trump evidence

Monday, May 6, 2019

President John F. Kennedy greets Prime Minister of Algeria, Ahmed Ben Bella, upon the Prime Minister's arrival at the White House for a ceremony in his honor. 1962. Credit: JFK Library: https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/JFKWHP/1962/Month%2010/Day%2015/JFKWHP-1962-10-15-A

Algeria and America: A complicated past, an uncertain future

Thursday, April 25, 2019

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hugs U.S. President Donald Trump as they talk during meetings at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 25, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RC15FD644460

The US blind spot in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

A gas flare on an oil production platform in the Soroush oil fields is seen alongside an Iranian flag in the Gulf July 25, 2005. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/File Photo - GF10000386922

Around the halls: How Trump’s latest Iran sanctions decision could affect markets and key countries

Samantha Gross, Ryan Hass, Tanvi Madan, Suzanne Maloney, and Jeffrey Feltman

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

A coffin of a victim is carried, two days after a string of suicide bomb attacks on churches and luxury hotels across the island on Easter Sunday, in Negombo, Sri Lanka April 23, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Peter - RC1DB235C800

The attacks in Sri Lanka and the threat of foreign fighters

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

An Iranian man works on an oil production platform at the Soroush oil fields in the Persian Gulf, south of the capital Tehran, July 25, 2005. REUTERS/File Photo - S1AETIFZPAAA

As Trump moves to cut off Iran’s oil revenues, what’s his endgame?

Suzanne Maloney

Monday, April 22, 2019

Members of Libyan National Army (LNA) commanded by Khalifa Haftar, get ready before heading out of Benghazi to reinforce the troops advancing to Tripoli, in Benghazi, Libya April 13, 2019. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori - RC1B9C0FEEB0

Trumpian storm clouds over Tripoli

Jeffrey Feltman

Friday, April 19, 2019

A man searches in the rubble of a house destroyed by an air strike in Amran, Yemen June 25, 2018. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah - RC1C1F459690

Where Trump’s veto leaves the Yemen resolution

Scott R. Anderson

Thursday, April 18, 2019

An Israeli-Arab voter drops a ballot into a ballot box during voting in East Jerusalem, February 6, 2001. Most Israeli-Arabs are expected to abstain from voting in a protest against the 13 Israeli-Arabs who were killed during the recent 'Intifada' or uprising against Israel. Ariel Sharon appeared poised for a stunning political victory over Prime Minister Ehud Barak as voters began casting ballots Tuesday in an election seen as a referendum on Israel's relationship with the Palestinians.EH/WS - RP2DRIGVXBAA

Why did Arab voter turnout for Israel’s election plunge?

Tuesday, April 16, 2019