Middle East & North Africa

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.

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

Natan Sachs and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, September 17, 2020

Foreign workers sit on the street after losing their jobs, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 7, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri

Pandemic highlights the vulnerability of migrant workers in the Middle East

Thursday, September 17, 2020

President George H.W. Bush meets with his military advisors at the Pentagon to duscuss the Gulf crisis August 15, 1990. From left are: General Norman Schwarzkopf, chief of Middle East forces, Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, Bush and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE

The US role in the Gulf War

Bruce Riedel and James Hughes

Thursday, September 17, 2020

The economic impact of COVID-19 on the Middle East: Recession, response, and recovery

4:00 PM - 5:15 PM AST

FILE PHOTO: A U.S. soldier is seen during a handover ceremony of Taji military base from US-led coalition troops to Iraqi security forces, in the base north of Baghdad, Iraq August 23, 2020. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

How to do more with less in the Middle East

Mara Karlin and Tamara Cofman Wittes

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

To state the obvious, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, deserves no small part of the credit for this breakthrough [of the Israel-UAE-Bahrain accord], having generated the conditions for longstanding quiet security consultations and cooperation between the Gulf and Israel.

Suzanne Maloney New York Times Tuesday, September 15, 2020

A Libyan flag flutters atop the Libyan Consulate in Athens, Greece, December 6, 2019. REUTERS/Costas Baltas

Washington can seize a pinprick of light in Libya

Jeffrey Feltman

Friday, September 11, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during family photo session with other leaders and attendees at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 28, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Saudi Arabia’s current state of affairs

Friday, September 11, 2020

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi speaks during a joint press conference with his Egyptian counterpart Francois Hollande at the presidential palace of al- Orouba for the official visit of the French president, Cairo on April 17, 2016. Cairo, Egypt, April 17, 2016. Photo by Etienne Bouy/ABACAPRESS.COM

The needed reset for the US-Egypt relationship

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Thursday, September 10, 2020

US policy in the Middle East: A conversation with Assistant Secretary of State David Schenker

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT