Center for Middle East Policy

A view of a bunker of Islamic State militants under the stadium in Raqqa, Syria October 18, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro - RC17C8DD42D0

How the Islamic State will grapple with defeat in Raqqa

Daniel L. Byman

Thursday, October 19, 2017

The Nile and the Sinai Peninsula are pictured in this handout photo courtesy of Col. Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency, who is photographing Earth from the International Space Station, taken on March 20, 2013. REUTERS/CSA/Col. Chris Hadfield/Handout (EGYPT - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - TM4E93K1IC101

Experts discuss the challenges—and potential solutions—ahead in the Middle East and North Africa

Friday, October 13, 2017

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opens the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office September 26, 2017. REUTERS/Gali Tibbon/Pool - RC1C73A8EBF0

The domestic considerations behind Israel’s support of Iran deal de-certification

Friday, October 13, 2017

Saudi Arabia's King Salman takes his seat during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, October 5, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Kadobnov/Pool - RC157884EA00

Why the Saudis would cheer the de-certification of the Iran deal

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on what is expected to be "implementation day," the day the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) verifies that Iran has met all conditions under the nuclear deal, in Vienna January 16, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - GF20000096874

Ending the Iran deal is an invitation to war

Ilan Goldenberg and Mara Karlin

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York, U.S., September 18, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC1B0D219490

Is Trump ruining the U.S.-Israeli relationship?

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally for Senator Luther Strange in Huntsville, Alabama, U.S. September 22, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein - RC1952FB4F60

To certify or not to certify? That’s not the question

Suzanne Maloney

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano addresses a news conference during a board of governors meeting at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria, September 11, 2017. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader - RC18CD7AE780

Preventing Iranian nuclear weapons work

Monday, October 9, 2017

Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah (L) shakes hands with Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza City October 2, 2017. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1A1BA640D0

What’s different about the latest Palestinian reconciliation effort?

Monday, October 9, 2017

Panelists at the fourth plenary session at the US-Islamic World Forum.

After the fall of ISIS, what’s next for counterterrorism? Experts discuss

William McCants

Tuesday, October 3, 2017