Middle East & North Africa

Order from Chaos

Why is Saudi Arabia finally engaging with Iraq?

Bruce Riedel and Katherine Harvey

Friday, December 4, 2020

Order from Chaos

Algeria must prioritize economic change amidst COVID-19 and political crisis

Yasmina Abouzzohour and Nejla Ben Mimoune

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Funeral of assassinated Iranian nuclear scientist November 30, 2020, Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran: A handout picture provided by the Iranian defense ministry office shows the coffin of slain Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh is being carried inside the Shrine of Imam Reza, during a funeral ceremony in the city of Mashhad, northeastern Iran, 29 November 2020. With a funeral worthy of the Islamic Republic s greatest martyrs , Tehran paid a final tribute to a scientist killed in an assassination blamed on Israel and promised to continue his work. Fakhrizadeh died on November 27 in a hospital from his wounds after assailants targeted his card and engaged in a gunfight with his bodyguards outside Tehran, according to Iran s defen Poolfoto ZUMAPRESS.com ,EDITORIAL USE ONLYNo Use Switzerland. No Use Germany. No Use Japan. No Use Austria

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Iran will lose the battle, but win the war

Ranj Alaaldin

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Protesters take part in a rally organised by the February 20 opposition movement in Casablanca July 10, 2011. Thousands of Moroccans staged protests on Sunday, the latest in a series of peaceful demonstrations by a youth-led movement to demand reforms that go beyond constitutional changes crafted by the palace. REUTERS/Macao (MOROCCO - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR2OQDL

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Foreign Policy in North Africa

Yasmina Abouzzohour

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

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Israel

Israel in the Middle East: The next two decades

Natan Sachs and Kevin Huggard

November 2020

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The Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s declaration on human rights: Promises and pitfalls

Turan Kayaoglu

Monday, September 28, 2020

Iran

Iran’s Shia diplomacy: Religious identity and foreign policy in the Islamic Republic

Edward Wastnidge

Friday, September 18, 2020

Morocco's new King Mohammed VI sits in a horse-drawn red carriage, on his way to preside over his first Moslem prayers at the Ahl Fez Mosque July 30, since taking the throne last week. According to tradition, the first Friday (after being crowned) the king presides over prayers as a symbol that the king is carrying out his role as the Commander of the Faithful.JB/AA

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Progress and missed opportunities: Morocco enters its third decade under King Mohammed VI

Yasmina Abouzzohour

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi during a bilateral meeting of the the Second Belt and Road Forum at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China April 25, 2019. Andrea Verdelli/Pool via REUTERS *** Local Caption *** BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 25: Egypt President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi talks to Chinese President Xi Jinping (not pictured) during a bilateral meeting of the Second Belt and Road Forum at the Great Hall of the People on April 25, 2019 in Beijing, China. (Photo by

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China in the Mediterranean: Implications of expanding Sino-North Africa relations

Adel Abdel Ghafar and Anna L. Jacobs

July 2020

Blog Posts

A combination picture shows Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in Osaka, Japan June 29, 2019 and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem February 9, 2020. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY and REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/Pool

Order from Chaos

Saudi-Israeli relations: The curious case of a NEOM meeting denied

Natan Sachs and Tamara Cofman Wittes

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Houthi fighters man a machine gun mounted on a military truck as they parade during a gathering of Houthi loyalists on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen July 8, 2020. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Order from Chaos

The mistake of designating the Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization

Gregory D. Johnsen

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A view shows the Israeli settlement of Psagot in the Israeli-occupied West Bank February 13, 2020. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo

Order from Chaos

Labeling Israeli products, or formalizing theft of Palestinian land?

Salam Fayyad

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

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The Biden presidency and the future of America’s ‘forever wars’

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Running to Stand Still? The Impact of the United Nations in the Middle East, 75 Years On

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Public Sector Reform in the Middle East and North Africa

Edited by Robert P. Beschel Jr. and Tarik M. Yousef

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Re-Engaging the Middle East

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2020

The Politics of Algeria: Domestic Issues and International Relations

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Experts

Ranj Alaaldin

Visiting Fellow - Brookings Doha Center

Nonresident Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy

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Tamara Cofman Wittes

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy

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Bruce Riedel

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy, Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology

Director - The Intelligence Project

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FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the Dome of the Rock in the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, after Israel tightened a national stay-at-home policy following the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID19), March 20, 2020. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo

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Future trends for Israel and the Middle East

Samantha Gross, Kevin Huggard, Natan Sachs, Shibley Telhami, and Tamara Cofman Wittes

Friday, November 20, 2020

Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of the State of Israel, Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates, and Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Kingdom of Bahrain, watch during the Abraham Accords Signing Ceremony at the White House on Tuesday, Sep. 15, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Oliver Contreras/SIPA USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

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What prompted the UAE and Bahrain’s normalization of relations with Israel?

Natan Sachs and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, September 17, 2020

Flags of Saudi Arabia and China are hung in front of Tiananmen Gate before Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to Beijing, China February 21, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee

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Global China in the Middle East

Lindsey W. Ford, Bruce Riedel, and Natan Sachs

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

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