As the spillover effects of the Iran war ripple across the region, the Middle East Institute invites you to a discussion on where the operation stands, where it may be headed next, and how the ...

Defense and Security, US Policy in the Middle East, Iran Initial strikes by the United States and Israel have degraded senior leadership and elements of Iran’s command structure. The central question ...

Join us for a a book launch and conversation with Mohammed Soliman, Senior Fellow, Middle East Institute, in conversation with Dr. Kenneth M. Pollack, Vice President for Policy, M ...

National security and terror finance risks. Shadow fleet networks intersect with illicit finance, criminal activity, and Iranian proxy groups, including Hizballah. Venezuela has served as a logistical ...

On February 28, the US and Israel launched coordinated military strikes on Iran. In a video message, President Donald Trump said the campaign aimed to “eliminate threats from the Iranian regime” and ...

On February 28, 2026 the United States and Israel began strike operations against Iran. The Middle East Institute's experts are monitoring the situation and providing analysis in real time as events ...

The Palestinian refugee issue has not been treated with the urgency it deserves in past negotiations. Palestinian refugees are actively involved in the conflict and can no longer be ignored or ...

Although many policymakers and commentators in the West tend to see Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin as often working together, history shows us that the ...

The recent push by a number of Arab states to normalize relations with the Assad regime is based on the false premise that the war is over and it is necessary to restore ties to lobby Damascus to ...

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu is everything Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hates. He is a disillusioned former Islamist, a member of Parliament from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), ...

With their harsh social policies, unbroken ties to terrorist organizations, and stiflingly narrow political rule, the Afghan Taliban have regularly ignored the pleas for change by the United States ...

On Jan. 10, the governor of Shabwa, Awadh bin al-Wazir al-Awlaki, announced its liberation from the Iran-backed Houthis after their forces were driven out of the districts of Ain, Usailan, and Bayhan ...