Afghanistan’s neighborhood is in the midst of a consequential restructuring of its security architecture. Key regional actors ...

Some analysts try to explain Trump’s Middle East rhetoric as an effort to provoke a new type of conversation and to break the mold. But one unconventional source that helps explain Trump’s tactics is ...

This massive distraction of the Trump administration's Gaza non-plan and the even more serious move of dismantling America’s ...

This briefing featured Gönül Tol, Senior Fellow at MEI and the author of Erdoğan’s War: A Strongman’s Struggle at Home and in Syria. The briefing also featured Ibrahim Al-Assil, Senior Fellow at MEI, ...

With the signing of a presidential memorandum on Feb. 4, the administration of Donald Trump has returned to a “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran, but circumstances have changed drastically since ...

The Middle East Institute (MEI) is deeply saddened by the passing of Frank Wisner, a valued member of our International Advisory Council (IAC), on Feb. 24, 2025. Frank Wisner leaves behind a legacy of ...

The Russo-Ukrainian war may be taking place thousands of kilometers away from the Arabian Peninsula, but its impact on energy flows from the Gulf states is far from insignificant. Nearly three years ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (known to all as “Bibi”) has been widely acclaimed as a political wizard. But his alleged wizardry faces a potentially disastrous showdown within the next ...

The Trump administration’s Middle East approach in its first three weeks back in office was filled with plenty of sound and fury. It’s still too soon to tell whether all of the noise signifies much of ...

President Donald Trump has apparently been pushing Egypt and Jordan to absorb the displaced Gazan population amid Arab opposition to his proposal. Trump also vowed to discuss the issue with Israeli ...