Though it has fallen out of the headlines because of the Iran war, Syria has had a dramatically consequential summer. Hosts Alistair Taylor and Matthew Czekaj are joined by MEI Senior Fellow Charles ...

In an essay published in Egyptian newspapers immediately before his arrival, Xi described China and Egypt as two great civilizations and called on them to “take pride in who we are” while becoming an ...

I was a teenage Afghan refugee in Pakistan’s tribal areas when the Twin Towers fell. Almost nobody around us understood the politics of what had happened, but we knew that something had changed for ...

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This individual is a guest contributor. MEI is not able to assist with contact requests. Kristian Coates Ulrichsen is Fellow for the Middle East at Rice University’s Baker Institute. He is the author ...

This individual is a guest contributor. MEI is not able to assist with contact requests. Ari Heistein served as chief of staff and a research fellow at Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies ...

In November 2025, the United States sought and obtained approval for a United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR 2803) endorsing the formation of a Board of Peace (BoP) and International ...

Each issue of The Middle East Journal includes book reviews that are among the most respected, comprehensive, and up-to-date in the field of Middle East studies. Here are 10 recommended titles ...

This individual is a guest contributor. MEI is not able to assist with contact requests. Thair Abu Ras is a PhD candidate at the Department of Government and Politics, in the University of Maryland, ...

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Interview with Dr. Yiyi Chen on Hebrew/Jewish Studies in China and Sino-Israel Relations Some might find it surprising to learn that China was never hostile or belligerent towards Israel. China never ...

Dr. N. Janardhan is a political analyst based in the United Arab Emirates since 2000 and author of Boom amid Gloom: Spirit of Possibility in the 21st Century Gulf (Ithaca, 2011). As Honorary Fellow at ...