Center for Middle East Policy

FILE PHOTO: A picture of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is seen on a door of a butcher shop, during a lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Damascus, Syria April 22, 2020. Picture taken April 22, 2020. REUTERS/Yamam Al Shaar/File Photo

The Caesar Act and a pathway out of conflict in Syria

Steven Heydemann

Friday, June 19, 2020

Indian army trucks move along a highway leading to Ladakh, at Gagangeer in Kashmir's Ganderbal district June 17, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Ismail

As India and China clash, JFK’s ‘forgotten crisis’ is back

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

People attend a right-wing party Alternative for Sweden protest in Stockholm, Sweden, September 7, 2018. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

What makes populists more (or less) resilient over time

Danielle Lee Tomson

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Anti-riot policemen stand in front of the Mosque, as police was deployed in several areas of the city to enforce a ban on protests over an anti-Islam film or against a French magazine that published cartoons mocking the Prophet Mohammed. France's Muslim leaders, on September 21, urged militants not to defy the ban on protests, as a security alert closed the France's embassies across the Islamic world, in Paris, France, on September 22, 2012. Photo by Stephane Lemouton/ABACAPRESS.COM.

How religious legacies shape public debates over Muslim immigration

Catherine Fieschi

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Anti-government demonstrators hold a banner that reads "Out Bolsonaro," in reference to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, during a protest named "Amazonas for Democracy" in Manaus, Brazil, June 2, 2020. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

Reopening the World: How the pandemic is reinforcing authoritarianism

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

People enjoy themselves at a restaurant as some businesses reopened at the end of last month under a host of new rules, following weeks of shutdown amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, in Tel Aviv, Israel June 4, 2020. Picture taken June 4, 2020. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Reopening the World: Israel reopens, but the risks persist

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Iranians wearing protective face masks ride the metro, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Tehran, Iran, June 28, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

Reopening the World: Reopening Iran

Suzanne Maloney

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

An Egyptian Muslim wearing a protective mask performs amid social distancing markers, first prayers of Al-Fajr prayer inside the Al Rahman Mosque after months of lockdown, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the Cairo neighborhood of Maadi, Egypt June 27, 2020. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Reopening the World: Reopening Muslim religious spaces

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) patrol in southern Lebanese town of Ramyah, Lebanon September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho

Debating UN peacekeeping in Lebanon

Jeffrey Feltman

Monday, June 15, 2020

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan talks to China's President Xi Jinping during their meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, October 9, 2019. Parker Song/Pool via REUTERS

“At all costs”: How Pakistan and China control the narrative on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

June 2020