Middle East & North Africa

Iraq

BDC Snapshots: The Iraqi state’s crisis of legitimacy

Ranj Alaaldin

Thursday, July 9, 2020

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Deciphering Turkey’s new regional policy

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Order from Chaos

Yemen’s disaster becomes “cataclysmic”

Bruce Riedel

Monday, July 6, 2020

Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Mustafa al-Kadhimi delivers a speech during the vote on the new government at the parliament headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, May 7, 2020. Iraqi Parliament Media Office/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Order from Chaos

Was Iraq’s prime minister right to go after an Iranian proxy?

Ranj Alaaldin

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Reports

UN envoy Martin Griffiths leaves after a news conference on Yemen talks at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland September 8, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Middle East & North Africa

A renewed call for indigenous-led conflict resolution in the Arab states

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Iran's national flags are seen on a square in Tehran February 10, 2012, a day before the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl/File Photo - RTX2RCC8

Report

The Islamic Republic of Iran four decades on: The 2017/18 protests amid a triple crisis

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Monday, April 27, 2020

Army officers patrol streets following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Casablanca, Morocco March 21, 2020. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

Report

COVID in the Maghreb: Responses and impacts

Yasmina Abouzzohour

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Israel

A growth strategy for the Israeli economy

Zvi Eckstein, Avihai Lifschitz, and Sarit Menahem-Carmi

April 2020

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

Blog Posts

Palestinian Americans and supporters demonstrate against U.S. President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., December 8, 2017. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

Order from Chaos

What Americans think about the looming Israeli annexation and Trump’s Middle East plan

Shibley Telhami

Monday, June 29, 2020

Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj of Libya's internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) wears a protective mask as he meets with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio in Tripoli, Libya June 24, 2020. The Media Office of the Prime Minister/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Order from Chaos

The next steps in Libya

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Federica Saini Fasanotti

Friday, June 26, 2020

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Israel is about to reveal its West Bank annexation plans. How will Congress respond?

Shibley Telhami

Thursday, June 25, 2020

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Monday, June 29, 2020

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Suzanne Maloney, Brian Hanson, and Ariane Tabatabai

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Thursday, April 30, 2020

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