Center for Middle East Policy

Police cordon off an area near the site of an explosion in the center of the Tunisian capital Tunis, Tunisia October 29, 2018. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi - RC18EE7225B0

Democratic Tunisia is taking the wrong path in the fight against terrorism

Sharan Grewal and Shadi Hamid

Sunday, November 4, 2018

The casket of Irving Younger, 69, a victim of Saturday's synagogue shooting, is carried to a waiting hearse after his funeral at Rodef Shalom Temple in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 31, 2018. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton - RC139D4D11A0

When fighting domestic terrorism, you get what you pay for

Friday, November 2, 2018

A man reacts at a makeshift memorial outside the Tree of Life synagogue following Saturday's shooting at the synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 29, 2018. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton - RC1530DEE0B0

Countering the violent extremists among us

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Mourners visit a makeshift memorial outside the Tree of Life synagogue, a day after 11 Jewish worshippers were shot dead in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 28, 2018. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton - HP1EEAS1UMVP2

When to call a terrorist a terrorist

Daniel L. Byman

Monday, October 29, 2018

Protesters shout slogans during a protest against the deteriorating economy in Taiz, Yemen,FIN October 4, 2018. REUTERS/Anees Mahyoub - RC1E6C218F90

It’s time to put the brakes on Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen

Daniel L. Byman and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Friday, October 26, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walk to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 5, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC1F85EE2CE0

In Trump we trust? Israel and the Trump administration

Daniel L. Byman and Tamara Cofman Wittes

Friday, October 26, 2018

A woman walks next to a road sign directing to the U.S. embassy, in the area of the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem, May 11, 2018. REUTERS/Ammar Awad - RC190ACBAC00

Merging the US consulate and embassy in Jerusalem shows US is no longer truly pursuing a two-state solution

Hady Amr and Ilan Goldenberg

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 26, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RC185DAD66E0

After the midterms, could a threatened, volatile Trump flip on Israel?

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Armed tribal Yemenis hold their weapons above their heads in a show of support for independent condidate Abdullah Al-Buchri in Koneib west of Sanaa April 26. Yemenis, still recovering from a bitter 1994 civil war, are due to cast votes on Sunday in parliamentary elections.YEMEN ELECTIONS - RP1DRICTBWAE

A brief history of America’s troubled relationship with Yemen

Monday, October 22, 2018

A policeman stands guard as an Indonesian journalist holds a placard during a protest over the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in front of the Saudi Arabia embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, October 19, 2018. REUTERS/Beawiharta - RC1787518E20

On Jamal Khashoggi, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Saudi Arabia

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Friday, October 19, 2018