Center for Middle East Policy

King Abdullah II of Jordan chairs a meeting to check measures regarding spreading of COVID-19 epidemic, at the Royal Palace in Amman, Jordan on March 16, 2020. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

With Israel’s annexation plans looming, an hour of decision for Jordan’s Hashemites

Bruce Riedel

Monday, June 1, 2020

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi uses his mobile phone at his office in Baghdad, Iraq May 9, 2020. Picture taken May 9, 2020. Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

How the US should approach the strategic dialogue with Iraq

Ranj Alaaldin

Friday, May 29, 2020

FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus leaves a news conference organized by Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva Switzerland July 3, 2020. Fabrice Coffrini/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Lessons from the Global Counterterrorism Forum for International Cooperation on Pandemics

Eric Rosand and Stevan Weine

Thursday, May 28, 2020

TABUK, SAUDI ARABIA- Police and military carry out health checks on drivers as a preventive measure against the coronavirus in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia on April 14, 2020. King Salman of Saudi Arabia extended the curfew throughout the country until new notice due to the spread of the new Covid-19 coronavirus, as reported on Sunday (12) by the Interior Ministry. Saudi Arabia placed its capital Riyadh and other major cities under a 24-hour curfew, blocking much of the population from stopping the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus.

As a global economic crisis wreaks havoc on Saudi Arabia, the kingdom should reduce military spending

Bruce Riedel

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a leadership meeting in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 19, 2020. Alaa Badarneh/Pool via REUTERS

Years of dereliction has left the PLO facing annexation without a plan

Omar Rahman

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

[Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry’s vast surveillance apparatus gave it a treasure trove of the kingdom’s secrets.] Their files will be the catalog of every untoward incident, from the truly illegal to the maybe just embarrassing.

Bruce Riedel New York Times Thursday, May 21, 2020

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Members of the GKB academy, a unicycle club, return from school to the academy in Lagos, Nigeria October 11, 2019. Picture taken October 11, 2019. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

The fundamental connection between education and Boko Haram in Nigeria

Madiha Afzal

Thursday, May 7, 2020