Center for Middle East Policy

Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi speaks during a news conference at Carthage Palace in Tunis, Tunisia, December 27, 2017. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi - RC1C743F3D50

Tunisia just lost its anchor of stability. That’s a good thing.

Sharan Grewal and Shadi Hamid

Monday, October 15, 2018

A man adjusts a flag for his daughter during celebrations marking the sixth anniversary of Tunisia's 2011 revolution in Habib Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis, Tunisia January 14, 2017. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi - RC192ECA71B0

In another first, Tunisia criminalizes racism

Monday, October 15, 2018

Members of the Hungarian counter-terrorism unit TEK patrol the Christmas market in Budapest, Hungary, December 22, 2017. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo - RC1B37289290

Five lessons ignored in the Trump administration’s new counterterrorism strategy

Friday, October 12, 2018

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman delivers remarks as U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes him in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 20, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1BA9175240

Saudi Arabia is taunting Trump

Friday, October 12, 2018

Human rights activists and friends of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi hold his pictures during a protest outside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey October 8, 2018. REUTERS/Murad Sezer - RC11BADE6ED0

After Khashoggi, US arms sales to the Saudis are essential leverage

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

An Israeli Air Force F-16 fighter plane flying above a traffic sign after taking off for a mission in Lebanon from an Israeli Air Force Base in northern Israel in this July 20, 2006 file photo. Israeli warplanes bombed unidentified Syrian targets early on September 6, 2007, causing no damage or casualties, the official Syrian news agency said. Syrian air defences fired at the incoming planes, which crossed into Syria after midnight local time, the agency said. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/Files (ISRAEL) - GM1DWCBQYXAA

Will Israel and Iran go to war in Syria?

Daniel L. Byman

Friday, October 5, 2018

New York Police Department Counterterrorism Bureau members stand in Times Square to provide security ahead of New Year's Eve celebrations in Manhattan, New York, U.S. December 28, 2017. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky - RC1B736CC460

Takeaways from the Trump administration’s new counterterrorism strategy

Daniel L. Byman

Friday, October 5, 2018

Maldivian president-elect Ibrahim Mohamed Solih arrives at an event with supporters in Male, Maldives September 24, 2018. REUTERS/Ashwa Faheem - RC1CD9218330

Maldives democracy prevails for now

Thursday, September 27, 2018

The American and the Israeli national flags can be seen outside the U.S Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Amir Cohen - RC12C5C0CBF0

Political donors raise new tensions over Israel

Thursday, September 27, 2018

Supporters of the Islamist Ennahda movement, Tunisia's main Islamist political party,attend a meeting regarding International Women's Day in Tunis March 10, 2013. International Women's Day fell on March 8. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi (TUNISIA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY) - GM1E93B08HP01

Can Tunisia find a compromise on equal inheritance?

Tuesday, September 25, 2018