According to Qaani, this new security belt would stretch from the Strait of Hormuz to the Bab el-Mandeb, and from the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea. His remarks suggest that Iran is seeking to expand ...

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, ...

Alex Vatanka is a Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute. He specializes in Middle Eastern regional security affairs with a particular focus on Iran. He was formerly a Senior Analyst at Jane’s ...

Kenneth M. Pollack, PhD., is Vice President for Policy at the Middle East Institute. Previously he was a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he worked on Middle Eastern ...

Alan Eyre is a Distinguished Diplomatic Fellow at the Middle East Institute and the founder and president of EyreAnalytics LLC. He retired from the US Foreign Service in September 2023 after a 40-year ...

Jaser AbuMousa is a Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute. A Palestinian program manager and political analyst with over 20 years of experience leading governance, reconstruction, and ...

It is now clear the United States is sinking into the quagmire of its war with Iran with no clear idea of how to get out. More than five months of intermittent bombing of Iran have not brought Tehran ...

It has been long enough since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021 for us to reach some conclusions about how the regime intends to govern and the policy options this presents.

This individual is a guest contributor. MEI is not able to assist with contact requests. Vice Admiral John W. “Fozzie” Miller, USN (Ret) is a consultant, policy advisor, and speaker based in ...

Having taken on the role of facilitating a Lebanon-Israel cease-fire and hosting direct talks aimed at reconciling Israeli security with Lebanese sovereignty, the United States should also take the ...

This report assesses the future sustainability of agriculture across North Africa using a multidimensional approach that considers the dynamics of water, climate, land, and economics. To enable this ...

This individual is a guest contributor. MEI is not able to assist with contact requests. Katie A. Paul is a Fellow at the Antiquities Coalition and an Affiliated Researcher with The Day After Heritage ...