Center for Middle East Policy

Caucus participant Sophia Egal, center right, holds a sign for presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders before caucusing at the Muslim Community Organization Monday, Feb. 3, 2020, in Des Moines. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM)

How foreign policy factors for American Muslims in 2020

Shadi Hamid and Adham Sahloul

Friday, April 3, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Houthi troops ride on the back of a police patrol truck after participating in a Houthi gathering in Sanaa, Yemen February 19, 2020. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo

Why are Yemen’s Houthis attacking Riyadh now?

Monday, March 30, 2020

General Khalifa Haftar attends a news conference at Benina air base in Benghazi May 24, 2014. Haftar, a former Gaddafi ally who split with the autocrat in the 1980s, is the latest player to emerge in Libya's network of former fighters vying for control over parts of the country. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

A foreign policy toward warlords

Daniel L. Byman and Israa Saber

Monday, March 30, 2020

People stand at St Peter's Square as Pope Francis leads Angelus prayer from his window at the Vatican, November 16, 2020. Vatican Media/?Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

States, religions, and power: Highlighting the role of sacred capital in world politics

Gregorio Bettiza

Monday, March 30, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A banner depicts Benny Gantz, leader of Blue and White party, and Israel Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as part of Blue and White party's campaign ahead of the upcoming election, in Tel Aviv, Israel February 17, 2020. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo

In Israel, Benny Gantz decides to join with rival Netanyahu

Natan Sachs and Kevin Huggard

Friday, March 27, 2020

Police officers check identity cards of commuters before letting them cross a checkpoint during a partial lockdown after Pakistan shut all markets, public places and discouraged large gatherings amid an outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Karachi, Pakistan, March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

Pakistan teeters on the edge of potential disaster with the coronavirus

Friday, March 27, 2020

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stands under pictures of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) and Iran's late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini while speaking during a ceremony to mark Khomeini's death anniversary at his tomb at Tehran's Behesht-Zahra cemetery June 3, 2011. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl/File Photo

The 1979 Iranian Revolution’s enduring impact on the world

Suzanne Maloney and Bill Finan

Friday, March 27, 2020

United States Senator Bernie Sanders (Independent of Vermont) speaks during a television interview in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, USA on Wednesday, March 25, 2020. The Senate is set to vote on a Coronavirus Stimulus Package after working late into the night on Tuesday to finalize a two trillion dollar deal. Photo by Stefani Reynolds/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

The coronavirus killed the revolution

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Children carry American flags during in the annual Muslim Day Parade in New York City, U.S. September 24, 2017. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith

Holding our own: Is the future of Islam in the West communal?

Plough Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Sweden Democrats party leader Jimmie Akesson speaks on election evening at Kristallen restaurant in central Stockholm, Sweden September 9, 2018. TT News Agency/Anders Wiklund/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. SWEDEN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SWEDEN.

The Rise of Sweden Democrats: Islam, Populism and the End of Swedish Exceptionalism

Danielle Lee Tomson

Wednesday, March 25, 2020