Middle East & North Africa

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

Where will the Islamic State go next?

Daniel L. Byman

Monday, June 25, 2018

Palestinian refugee women sit if front their homes during the holy month of Ramadan, in Al-Baqaa Palestinian refugee camp, near Amman, Jordan, May 29, 2018. Reuters/Muhammad Hamed - RC19116CA0A0

When refugee displacement drags on, is self-reliance the answer?

Elizabeth Ferris

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Syrian migrants walk on a motorway to reach the Greek border after they left from the main bus terminal in Istanbul, Turkey, September 21, 2015. Hundreds of migrants attempt to walk from Istanbul to the western city of Edirne, on Turkey's Greek border. REUTERS/Huseyin Aldemir - LR2EB9L0PSV9Q

Syrian refugees in Turkey: Beyond the numbers

Kemal Kirişci, Jessica Brandt, and M. Murat Erdoğan

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Guards walk on the wreckage of a building destroyed by air strikes in Sanaa, Yemen June 6, 2018. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah - RC15ACE97640

In the face of Hodeidah assault, Yemen is on the brink

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

A woman casts her vote at a polling station during the parliamentary election, in Aley, Lebanon, May 6, 2018. REUTERS/ Jamal Saidi - RC1D4073C030

Elections in Lebanon and Iraq offer a glimmer of hope—how the US should prepare for the long term

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Wednesday, May 23, 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 - RC1A06A4D5F0

Netanyahu’s risky romance with Trump

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG) stand near U.S military vehicles in the town of Darbasiya next to the Turkish border, Syria April 29, 2017. Picture taken April 29, 2017. REUTERS/Rodi Said - RC16C054E9B0

Why be a pawn to a state? Proxy wars from a proxy’s perspective

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks on the Trump administration's Iran policy at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, U.S. May 21, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC19F376FBB0

The Trump administration’s Plan B on Iran is no plan at all

Suzanne Maloney

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Members of a security force loyal to the Houthi rebels take part in a military parade at the Tahrir Square in downtown Sanaa, Yemen July 19, 2017. The placard reads: "Allah is the greatest. Death to America, death to Israel, a curse on the Jews, victory to Islam". REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah - RC1C3C220F90

Why engage in proxy war? A state’s perspective

Daniel L. Byman

Monday, May 21, 2018

Employees of the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission check electronic counting device at a warehouse in Dohuk, Iraq May 16, 2018. REUTERS/Ari Jalal - RC1B40CD3970

What Iraq’s election results mean for U.S. policy there

Friday, May 18, 2018