Middle East & North Africa

Brookings Fellow Samantha Gross spoke at The Peterson Institute for International Economics on February, 6, 2020, on oil markets and the Middle East.

The Peterson Institute for International Economics

A general view shows a meeting of the Arab League's foreign ministers after U.S. President Donald Trump announced his Middle East peace plan, in Cairo, Egypt, February 1, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Trump’s Middle East plan: What does America stand for?

Shibley Telhami

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Why Think Tanks Matter: The Role of Think Tanks in Times of Crisis

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM AST

Israeli Arabs take part in a protest against the U.S. President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan in the town of Baqa Al-Gharbiyye, northern Israel February 1, 2020. REUTERS/Ammar Awad - RC2PRE9ALSW6

Trump’s deal gives Israel a superpower endorsement of apartheid

Thursday, January 30, 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

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

Sharan Grewal and Shadi Hamid

January 2020

Demonstrators run from tear gas thrown at them during ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Abdullah Dhiaa al-Deen TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

The irresistible resiliency of Iraq’s protesters

Friday, January 31, 2020

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

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

Tamara Cofman Wittes and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Iraqi people gather during a funeral procession for militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who was killed by U.S. air strike at Baghdad airport, in Basra, Iraq, January 7, 2020. REUTERS/Essam al-Sudani

Stuck in the middle: Iraq and the enduring conflict between United States and Iran

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talk in the midst of a joint news conference on a new Middle East peace plan proposal in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Around the halls: Brookings experts on the Middle East react to the White House’s peace plan

Natan Sachs, Tamara Cofman Wittes, Bruce Riedel, and Hady Amr

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks at a news conference on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, U.S., September 26, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid/File Photo

Three key insights for US policy in light of recent escalation with Iran

Wednesday, January 29, 2020