Middle East & North Africa

Barham Salih, Iraq's newly elected president, walks with Iraq's new Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi at the parliament headquarters, in Baghdad, Iraq October 2, 2018. REUTERS/Khalid al Mousily - RC14461FCEC0

Can Iraq’s new leadership win (and keep) the peace?

Friday, November 23, 2018

Protesters chant slogans in front of the court in Tunis October 2, 2012. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi (TUNISIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW) - GM1E8A21SXO01

Tunisia needs a constitutional court

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

A flag of Islamic State militants is pictured above a destroyed house near the Clock Square in Raqqa, Syria October 18, 2017. Picture taken October 18, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro - RC159E696010

Was Syria different? Anticipating the next Islamic State

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

U.N. Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame and Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte attend a news conference after the second day of the international conference on Libya in Palermo, Italy November 13, 2018. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane - RC124FDB7760

The Palermo conference on Libya: A diplomatic test for Italy’s new government

Giovanna De Maio

Monday, November 19, 2018

Members of Yemen's counter-terrorism force take part in field training near the capital Sanaa May 12, 2007. Yemen said on Saturday it was recalling its ambassadors to Iran and Libya over what it sees as their support for Shi'ite Muslim rebels involved in bloody clashes with government forces. REUTERS/ Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN) - GM1DVFZEZYAA

How a Democratic Congress might improve counterterrorism and Middle East policy

Daniel L. Byman

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Iranian rials, U.S. dollars and Iraqi dinars are seen at a currency exchange shop in Basra, Iraq November 3, 2018. Picture taken November 3, 2018. REUTERS/Essam al-Sudani - RC18BD110300

“Sanctions are coming”— but Trump has no achievable end game for Iran

Suzanne Maloney

Monday, November 5, 2018

Police cordon off an area near the site of an explosion in the center of the Tunisian capital Tunis, Tunisia October 29, 2018. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi - RC18EE7225B0

Democratic Tunisia is taking the wrong path in the fight against terrorism

Sharan Grewal and Shadi Hamid

Sunday, November 4, 2018

Protesters shout slogans during a protest against the deteriorating economy in Taiz, Yemen,FIN October 4, 2018. REUTERS/Anees Mahyoub - RC1E6C218F90

It’s time to put the brakes on Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen

Daniel L. Byman and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Friday, October 26, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walk to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 5, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC1F85EE2CE0

In Trump we trust? Israel and the Trump administration

Daniel L. Byman and Tamara Cofman Wittes

Friday, October 26, 2018

A woman walks next to a road sign directing to the U.S. embassy, in the area of the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem, May 11, 2018. REUTERS/Ammar Awad - RC190ACBAC00

Merging the US consulate and embassy in Jerusalem shows US is no longer truly pursuing a two-state solution

Hady Amr and Ilan Goldenberg

Wednesday, October 24, 2018