Middle East & North Africa

Mahmoud Jibril, head of the National Forces Alliance, talks during a news conference at his headquarters in Tripoli July 8, 2012. Jibril, the U.S.-trained consultant who abandoned the Gaddafi administration to become the face of the Libyan revolution, is positioning himself as a potentially unifying force as the country emerges from four decades of dictatorship. Picture taken July 8, 2012. To match Newsmaker LIBYA-ELECTIONS/JIBRIL REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (LIBYA - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS)

Order from Chaos

Remembering Libya’s revolutionary prime minister, Mahmoud Jibril

Jeffrey Feltman and Gene A. Cretz

Thursday, April 9, 2020

Israel

A growth strategy for the Israeli economy

Zvi Eckstein, Avihai Lifschitz, and Sarit Menahem-Carmi

April 2020

Volunteers from Basij forces wearing protective suits and face masks spray disinfectant in the streets, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) fears, in Tehran, Iran April 3, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Ali Khara via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

Iraq

Iraqi Shia leaders split over loyalty to Iran

Geneive Abdo

Saturday, April 4, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Houthi troops ride on the back of a police patrol truck after participating in a Houthi gathering in Sanaa, Yemen February 19, 2020. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo

Order from Chaos

Why are Yemen’s Houthis attacking Riyadh now?

Bruce Riedel

Monday, March 30, 2020

Reports

China's President Xi Jinping (L) and Moroccan King, Mohammed VI, wave during a welcoming ceremony outside the Great Hall of People in Beijing, China, May 11, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Middle East & North Africa

Expanding Sino–Maghreb Relations Morocco and Tunisia

Yahia H. Zoubir

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi (R) and Rached Ghannouchi, leader of the Islamist Ennahda movement, gesture during a congress of the Ennahda movement in Tunis,Tunisia May 20, 2016. Zoubeir Souissi

Middle East & North Africa

The dark side of consensus in Tunisia: Lessons from 2015-2019

Sharan Grewal and Shadi Hamid

January 2020

A Saudi border guard patrols Saudi Arabia's maritime border with Yemen along a beach on the Red Sea, near Jizan April 8, 2015. Iran sent two warships to the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, state media reported, establishing a military presence off the coast of Yemen where Saudi Arabia is leading a bombing campaign to oust the Iran-allied Houthi movement. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser - GF10000052482

Gulf States

Red Sea geopolitics: Six plotlines to watch

Zach Vertin

Sunday, December 15, 2019

Egypt

Mapping European leverage in the MENA region: Egypt

Adel Abdel Ghafar

December, 2019

Spanish civil guards are seen during an operation in which they arrested two people accused of connections with Islamic militants, in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta, January 13, 2017. REUTERS/Jesus Moron - RC1F0ED06740

Middle East & North Africa

Mapping European Leverage in the MENA region: Morocco

Yasmina Abouzzohour

December 2019

Blog Posts

FILE PHOTO: A banner depicts Benny Gantz, leader of Blue and White party, and Israel Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as part of Blue and White party's campaign ahead of the upcoming election, in Tel Aviv, Israel February 17, 2020. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo

Order from Chaos

In Israel, Benny Gantz decides to join with rival Netanyahu

Natan Sachs and Kevin Huggard

Friday, March 27, 2020

US President Donald Trump (R) and Iraqi President Barham Salih attend a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 50th World Economic Forum.

Order from Chaos

The relationship between Iraq and the US is in danger of collapse. That can’t happen.

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Sara Allawi

Friday, March 20, 2020

Iraq's President Barham Salih meets with new prime minister-designate Adnan al-Zurfi in Baghdad, Iraq March 17, 2020. The Presidency of the Republic of Iraq Office/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Order from Chaos

Iraq has a new prime minister. What next?

Ranj Alaaldin

Friday, March 20, 2020

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Multimedia

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu applauds as he and U.S. President Donald Trump deliver joint remarks on a Middle East peace plan proposal in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

Podcast Episode

What does Trump’s Middle East plan mean for Israel and Palestine?

Tamara Cofman Wittes and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games - Closing Ceremony - Carrara Stadium - Gold Coast, Australia - April 15, 2018. Jessie Lartey of Ghana, Roilya Ranaivosoa of Mauritius, Jenito Guezane of Mozambique, Esther Oyama of Nigeria and Esther Oyama of Nigeria carry the national flags as they walk among athletes and staff members. REUTERS/David Gray

Podcast Episode

Challenges and opportunities for Africa’s next decade

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly and Fred Dews

Friday, January 24, 2020

A demonstrator holds the picture of Qassem Soleimani 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 in Baghdad airport, in Tehran, Iran January 3, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Nazanin Tabatabaee via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

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Suzanne Maloney and Adrianna Pita

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