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A general view shows a meeting of the Arab League's foreign ministers after U.S. President Donald Trump announced his Middle East peace plan, in Cairo, Egypt, February 1, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Order from Chaos

Trump’s Middle East plan: What does America stand for?

Shibley Telhami

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Women walk through al-Hol displacement camp in Hasaka governorate, Syria April 1, 2019. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho

Order from Chaos

Minding the gap: How to provide more comprehensive support to the children of ISIS

Eric Rosand, B. Heidi Ellis, and Stevan Weine

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

A man holds a picture of late Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, as people celebrate in the street after Iran launched missiles at U.S.-led forces in Iraq, in Tehran, Iran January 8, 2020. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY

Order from Chaos

American self-criticism borders on narcissism

Shadi Hamid

Friday, January 10, 2020

U.S. Military Joint Chief of Staff Mark Miley looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani during a surprise visit at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, November 28, 2019. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

Order from Chaos

A recent poll shows how Americans think about the war in Afghanistan

Shibley Telhami and Connor Kopchick

Thursday, January 9, 2020

Experts

Shibley Telhami

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy, U.S. Relations with the Islamic World

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Shadi Hamid

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy, U.S. Relations with the Islamic World

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Eric Rosand

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy, U.S. Relations with the Islamic World

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Research

Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders of the PVV party reacts as a dog barks at him as he campaigns in Valkenburg, Netherlands, March 11, 2017. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez - RC1F934580E0

Religion & Politics

“The biggest problem in the Netherlands”: Understanding the Party for Freedom’s politicization of Islam

Koen Damhuis

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

A man stands at Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque in Doha, Qatar, June 9, 2017. REUTERS/Naseem Zeitoon - RC1242A98100

Middle East & North Africa

Reflecting on Qatar’s “Islamist” soft power

David B. Roberts

April 2019

Clouds gather over the Dome of the Rock, located on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City November 6, 2017. Picture taken November 6, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Awad - RC1E63CA8C10

Middle East & North Africa

The Middle East and Russia: American attitudes on Trump’s foreign policy

Shibley Telhami

Friday, December 1, 2017

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Blog Posts

Supporters of the 'BDS' movement protest outside the venue where the 2019 Eurovision song contest final is about to take place in Tel Aviv, Israel May 18, 2019. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Order from Chaos

What do Americans think of the BDS movement, aimed at Israel?

Shibley Telhami

Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Iranian demonstrators react during a protest against the assassination of the Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who were killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, in front of United Nation office in Tehran, Iran January 3, 2020. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

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Around the halls: Experts react to the killing of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani

Madiha Afzal, Ranj Alaaldin, Daniel L. Byman, Ali Fathollah-Nejad, Jeffrey Feltman, Tanvi Madan, Suzanne Maloney, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Bruce Riedel, Shibley Telhami, and Tamara Cofman Wittes

Friday, January 3, 2020

Protesters and militia fighters gather to condemn air strikes on bases belonging to Hashd al-Shaabi (paramilitary forces), outside the main gate of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq December 31, 2019. REUTERS/Wissm al-Okili

Order from Chaos

Around the halls: Experts discuss the recent US airstrikes in Iraq and the fallout

Ranj Alaaldin, Scott R. Anderson, Daniel L. Byman, Ali Fathollah-Nejad, Jeffrey Feltman, Steven Heydemann, Suzanne Maloney, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Bruce Riedel, Natan Sachs, and Shibley Telhami

Thursday, January 2, 2020

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Rethinking Political Islam

By Shadi Hamid and William McCants

2017

Islamic Exceptionalism

By Shadi Hamid

2016

Understanding Tahrir Square

By Stephen R. Grand

2014

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Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy, U.S. Relations with the Islamic World

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy, U.S. Relations with the Islamic World

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy, U.S. Relations with the Islamic World

Islam as statecraft: How governments use religion in foreign policy

The future of political Islam: Trends and prospects

Rethinking political Islam