Center for Middle East Policy

Do counter-narratives actually reduce violent extremism?

Eric Rosand and Emily Winterbotham

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

People lay flowers outside New Zealand House, following Christchurch mosque attack in New Zealand, in London, Britain March 15, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls - RC178C0E1510

Five initial thoughts on the New Zealand terrorist attack

Daniel L. Byman

Friday, March 15, 2019

An Iranian man pins banknotes on an Arabic script during the Shi'ite Ashura religious festival in Tehran January 30, 2007. Muslim Shi'ites mark Ashura, the day when Imam al-Hussein, the "leader of the martyrs" and grandson of Prophet Mohammad was killed in Kerbala in 680 AD. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN) - GM1DUMRVDQAA

Iran’s economy 40 years after the Islamic Revolution

Djavad Salehi Isfahani

Thursday, March 14, 2019

People take part in a protest demanding immediate political change in Algiers, Algeria March 12, 2019. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina - RC1847826D50

Bouteflika’s bid for time

Thursday, March 14, 2019

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. A trader speaks with a stock market official beneath the electronic board at the Tehran stock exchange September 15, 2010. While U.S. diplomats were busy upping Iran's economic punishment over nuclear activities Washington fears are aimed at making a bomb, Iranian shares, which might have been expected to fall, have, instead, gone through the roof. Picture taken September 15, 2010. To match Feature IRAN-ECONOMY/BOURSE REUTERS/Caren Firouz (IRAN - Tags: BUSINESS) - GM1E69U0R0301

How the Iran hostage crisis shaped the US approach to sanctions

Kate Hewitt and Richard Nephew

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Iraqi soldiers stand guard near an election poster featuring pictures of Shi'ite leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani (L), and slain clerics Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim (C) and Ayatollah Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr in the holy city of Najaf December 6, 2005. Iraqis will go to the polls December 15 to elect their first full, four-year parliament since the fall of Saddam Hussein. REUTERS/Ali Abu Shish - RP2DSFIILWAB

Iraq’s failed uprising after the 1979 Iranian revolution

Monday, March 11, 2019

The Iranian flag flutters in front the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria March 4, 2019. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger - RC1A2FD12B40

America’s torch song for Tehran

Kenneth M Pollack

Friday, March 8, 2019

Soviet tanks roll homeward from Afghanistan October 17, 1986. REUTERS/Stringer BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE - GF2E51A0SKE03

How bad judgement calls brought a chain of blunders: Soviet responses to the Iranian revolution

Thursday, March 7, 2019

Jesse Hughes (R) and Julian Dorio, members of Eagles of Death Metal band, mourn in front of the Bataclan concert hall to pay tribute to the shooting victims in Paris, France, December 8, 2015. The band Eagles of Death Metal, known as EODM, was performing at the Bataclan when the deadliest of the Islamic State attacks took place in Paris on November 13. REUTERS/Charles Platiau TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - PM1EBC8157B01

How terrorism undermines democracy

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

An atrium is seen at the World Bank headquarters building during the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington, U.S., October 14, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC1A8C4E8F00

To prevent extremism, don’t forget the existing multilateral architecture

Monday, March 4, 2019