The debate over MINURSO’s future raises a larger question about the relationship between the UN mission and the US-led political process. Even as Washington pushes negotiations toward an ...

The Iran-allied Houthis in Yemen are escalating their attacks on Saudi targets, hitting the kingdom’s oil facilities and airports, while Saudi Arabia is stepping up its bombing campaign in support of ...

Post-Assad Syria is facing its biggest stress test yet. Here’s why that matters Before joining MEI, he was a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution in Doha and a senior consultant to the ...

Governor David Beasley, former executive director of the World Food Programme and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, opened the conference with a call for urgency and strategic clarity. He described the ...

John Calabrese is a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute (MEI) and book review editor for The Middle East Journal. His work focuses on the international relations of the Middle East, with a ...

Professor Chuck Freilich served for over 20 years in Israel’s national security establishment, as a senior analyst and a deputy national security adviser. After leaving government, he was a long-time ...

This individual is a guest contributor. MEI is not able to assist with contact requests. Ray Jureidini is a Sociologist and Director of the Center for Migration and Refugee Studies at the American ...

The artificial intelligence (AI) era demands a fundamental rethinking of strategic infrastructure and international partnerships. Just as oil shaped the geopolitical landscape of the 20th century, ...

This individual is a guest contributor. MEI is not able to assist with contact requests. Amr Salah is an Adjunct Faculty and Ph.D. Candidate at the Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution at ...

Ebrahim Raisi, the eighth president of Iran, has taken over at a time when the Islamic Republic is facing a series of major potential crises. Over the next several decades, these crises could have ...

This individual is a guest contributor. MEI is not able to assist with contact requests. Sean Yom is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Temple University. His research focuses on ...