Center for Middle East Policy

U.S. troops walk from a Chinook helicopter in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani - RC1D627487C0

The case against involvement in Afghanistan

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

U.S. troops walk outside their base in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1A81864000

The case for continued U.S. involvement in Afghanistan

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

An Afghan man inspects the site of a suicide attack followed by a clash between Afghan forces and insurgents after an attack on a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 25, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTS1DATN

The 3 wars in Afghanistan

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Children walk past rubble of damaged buildings at Ain Tarma, eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta, Syria July 19, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh - RTX3C32C

Rules for reconstruction in Syria

Steven Heydemann

Thursday, August 24, 2017

Muslim Brotherhood's leader Mohamed Badie waves with the Rabaa sign, symbolizing support for the Muslim Brotherhood, during the trial of 738 brotherhood members for their armed sit-in at Rabaa square, at a court on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt May 31, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX2F0QQ

How likely is a significant split within the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood by 2020?

Shadi Hamid and William McCants

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Military personnel watch as U.S. President Donald Trump (L) announces his strategy for the war in Afghanistan during an address to the nation from Fort Myer, Virginia, U.S., August 21, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RTS1CQS1

Why are we losing in Afghanistan?

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during an event by his Likud Party in Tel Aviv, Israel August 9, 2017. REUTERS/Amir Cohen - RTS1B3HS

Benjamin Netanyahu and the politics of grievance

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Supporters of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr shout slogans during a protest demanding an overhaul of the elections supervision commission ahead of provincial elections due in September, in Baghdad,Iraq February 11, 2017. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTSY58N

Could Muqtada al-Sadr be the best hope for Iraq and the region?

Monday, August 21, 2017

Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi shout slogans and waves an Egyptian flag during a protest around the Raba El-Adwyia mosque square in Nasr City, in the suburb of Cairo June 29, 2013. Mass demonstrations across Egypt on Sunday may determine its future, two and half years after people power toppled a dictator they called Pharaoh and ushered in a democracy crippled by bitter divisions. The protesters' goal again is to unseat a president, this time their first freely elected leader, the Islamist Mursi. Liberal leaders say nearly half the voting population - 22 million people - have signed a petition calling for change. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX116HI

Rethinking political Islam in the 21st century

Shadi Hamid and William McCants

Monday, August 21, 2017

Riot police gather behind an armoured vehicle during clashes with members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, at Rabaa Adawiya square, where they are camping, in Cairo August 14, 2013. Egyptian security forces killed at least 30 people on Wednesday when they cleared a camp of Cairo protesters who were demanding the reinstatement of deposed President Mohamed Mursi, his Muslim Brotherhood movement said. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX12KYJ

The massacre that ended the Arab Spring

Tuesday, August 15, 2017