Israel

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin arrive at Manama's Four Seasons hotel, the venue for the U.S.-hosted "Peace to Prosperity" conference, in Manama, Bahrain, June 25, 2019. REUTERS/Matt Spetalnick - RC1A6E554E00

Order from Chaos

Brookings experts assess White House Middle East economic plan

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

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Order from Chaos

Trump’s economic proposal is an opportunity in disguise

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Members of the Muslim Brotherhood take part in a sit-in against the Senior White House Advisor Jared Kushner's visit to Jordan, near the U.S. Embassy, in Amman, Jordan, May 28, 2019. Picture taken May 28, 2019. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed - RC16915627A0

Podcast Episode

Will the Bahrain workshop lead to progress on Middle East peace?

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Tuesday, June 25, 2019

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin arrive at Manama's Four Seasons hotel, the venue for the U.S.-hosted "Peace to Prosperity" conference, in Manama, Bahrain, June 25, 2019. REUTERS/Matt Spetalnick - RC12ABEFD000

Order from Chaos

Trump puts the cart before the horse in Palestine

Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Reports

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after their meeting in Jerusalem February 19, 2019. Ariel Schalit /Pool via REUTERS *** Local Caption *** - RC16E22BC130

Report

Is Israel in democratic decline?

Tamara Cofman Wittes and Yael Mizrahi-Arnaud

March 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defence Minister Mohammed bin Salman during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, May 30, 2017. REUTERS/Pavel Golovkin/Pool - RC19885B9FF0

Middle East & North Africa

The new geopolitics of the Middle East: America’s role in a changing region

Jeffrey Feltman, Samantha Gross, Martin Indyk, Kemal Kirişci, Suzanne Maloney, Bruce Riedel, Natan Sachs, Amanda Sloat, Angela Stent, Tamara Cofman Wittes, and Bruce Jones

January 2019

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at The Prime Minister's Israeli Innovation Summit in Tel Aviv, Israel October 25, 2018. REUTERS/Amir Cohen - RC126FB37470

Israel

Addressing Israel's growing demand for skills in the developing world

December 2018

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U.S. Foreign Policy

Ending Gaza’s perpetual crisis: A new U.S. approach

Hady Amr, Ilan Goldenberg, Kevin Huggard, and Natan Sachs

December 2018

A demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag during clashes with Israeli troops at a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's decision on Jerusalem, near the border with Israel in the southern Gaza Strip March 16, 2018. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa - RC1D250522B0

The Palestinian Territories

How the peace process killed the two-state solution

Thursday, April 12, 2018

Blog Posts

Jordan's King Abdullah reviews the guard of honour during a ceremony celebrating the country's 73rd Independence Day in Amman, Jordan, May 25, 2019. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed - RC122FB03AE0

Order from Chaos

Jordan’s King Abdullah is facing new risks—from his own friends

Friday, June 14, 2019

White House senior advisor Jared Kushner smiles while listening to U.S. President Donald Trump talk as the president meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 25, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC188FAA0870

Order from Chaos

How Trump’s approach to the Middle East ignores the past, the future, and the human condition

Shibley Telhami

Monday, May 20, 2019

Palestinian boys sit atop the ruins of a house that witnesses said was destroyed by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war last summer, in the east of Gaza City May 12, 2015. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - GF10000092322

Order from Chaos

What we can learn from yet another round of conflict in Gaza

Eyal Tsir Cohen

Thursday, May 16, 2019

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Events

Democracy under stress: Shared values, common challenges

9:30 AM - Thursday May 30, 2019 5:30 PM IDT

Jerusalem, Israel

Blind Spot: America and the Palestinians, From Balfour to Trump

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Israel’s elections and India: A discussion with Or Vazana

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM IST

New Delhi, India

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Multimedia

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Podcast Episode

Is the Israeli-Palestinian peace process dead?

Khaled Elgindy and Tamara Cofman Wittes

Friday, April 19, 2019

A combination picture shows Benny Gantz (left), leader of Blue and White party voting at a polling station in Rosh Ha'ayin and Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voting at a polling station in Jerusalem during Israel's parliamentary election April 9, 2019. REUTERS/Nir Elias, Ariel Schalit/Pool via REUTERS - RC122F5D90F0

Podcast Episode

Israel’s election result and what comes next

Natan Sachs and Ilana Dayan

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the media in his residency in Jerusalem.

Israel

Netanyahu to be indicted for bribery. What’s next?

Friday, March 1, 2019

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