Center for Middle East Policy

A supporter of the Islamist Ennahda Party holds a party flag during a municipal elections campaign in Tunis, Tunisia April 28, 2018. Picture taken April 28, 2018. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi - RC1319B67DE0

Arab democracy depends on normalizing Islamist parties

Thursday, July 5, 2018

Yair Lapid and Tamara Wittes at Brookings.

An alternative vision for Israel

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

LAN network cables plugged into a computer server in Singapore July 26, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White - RC1BA1A425F0

Wars of none: AI, big data, and the future of insurgency

Monday, July 2, 2018

U.S. soldiers with Scout Company, 1st Battalion 30th Infantry Regiment line up before an exercise in a range at Patrol Base Murray in the Sunni neighbourhood of Arab Jabour, south Baghdad, October 20, 2007. The area around Patrol Base Murray was known as the Triangle of Death - a very safe area for al-Qaeda in Iraq to ambush Shi'ites, launch mortar and rocket attacks into the Green Zone and rig car bombs, suicide vests and other weapons for use in Baghdad. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (IRAQ) - GM1DWKJHNWAA

1958: When America first went to war in the Middle East

Monday, July 2, 2018

Gas flares from an oil production platform at the Soroush oil fields in the Persian Gulf, south of the capital Tehran, July 25, 2005. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/File Photo - S1AETIFZOIAA

Trump tightens the screws on Iran’s oil

Suzanne Maloney

Friday, June 29, 2018

People stand on the rubble of a house destroyed by an air strike in Amran, Yemen June 25, 2018. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah - RC1FD0EBED70

Amid a brutal stalemate in Yemen, the United Nations must act

Monday, June 25, 2018

A flag of Islamic State militants is pictured above a destroyed house near the Clock Square in Raqqa, Syria October 18, 2017. Picture taken October 18, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro - RC159E696010

Where will the Islamic State go next?

Daniel L. Byman

Monday, June 25, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives aboard Air Force One from Singapore at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S. June 13, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC19029A9A30

Recovering from the Trump foreign policy

Daniel L. Byman

Monday, June 18, 2018

Guards walk on the wreckage of a building destroyed by air strikes in Sanaa, Yemen June 6, 2018. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah - RC15ACE97640

In the face of Hodeidah assault, Yemen is on the brink

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

A passerby looks at a TV screen reporting news about North Korea's missile launch in Tokyo, Japan September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1EB4F99740

What do Americans and Japanese think of Trump’s summit with Kim Jong-un?

Shibley Telhami

Monday, June 11, 2018