As the US-Israel-Iran war enters its sixth month, the conflict has taken a sharp turn. After a brief lull in the fighting, Iran launched a surprise ballistic missile attack on US forces on July 28, ...

Please join the Middle East Institute (MEI) for a webinar exploring Israeli views of the war in the Middle East. Two-and-a-half weeks after the United States and Israel launched a military campaign ...

Founded in 1946, the Middle East Institute (MEI) is the leading Washington, DC-based institution focused solely on the Middle East, delivering non-partisan insights, analysis, and recommendations to ...

The US-Iran standoff over the Strait of Hormuz — disruptive to global trade and energy flows, and devastating for debt-burdened economies — has handed Pakistan an unexpected geoeconomic opportunity, ...

This individual is a guest contributor. MEI is not able to assist with contact requests. Joseph Daher completed a Doctorate in Development Studies at SOAS, University of London, and teaches at ...

This individual is a guest contributor. MEI is not able to assist with contact requests. Dr. Kenneth Katzman is a senior analyst of Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Persian Gulf Affairs at the ...

On June 14, 2026, the United States and Iran agreed on terms to end the war that started on February 28, 2026, and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. MEI experts react to the deal and what it means for the ...

This individual is a guest contributor. MEI is not able to assist with contact requests. Djavad Salehi-Isfahani is a Professor of Economics at Virginia Tech University, and Guest Scholar at the ...

This individual is a guest contributor. MEI is not able to assist with contact requests. Farideh Farhi is an Independent Scholar and Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the University of Hawai’i ...

This individual is a guest contributor. MEI is not able to assist with contact requests. Mohammed Baharoon is the Director General of the Dubai Public Policy Research Center (b’huth), established in ...

This individual is a guest contributor. MEI is not able to assist with contact requests. Dr. Eleanor Abdella Doumato writes on Islamic education, gender, and the Gulf region. Her most recent book is ...

This individual is a guest contributor. MEI is not able to assist with contact requests. Patricia Sloane-White is a social anthropologist who earned her DPhil at University of Oxford. She is an ...