The SDF and the armed factions that assumed control in Damascus also have more than a decade of tensions and hostilities ...

Last week, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei effectively greenlit mass killings to save his regime. His message was blunt: ...

Iran is at a critical juncture. The clerical establishment is confronting the most sustained and deadly unrest it has faced ...

Ambassador Barbara K. Bodine is a distinguished professor in the practice of diplomacy and the director of the Institute for ...

Dr. Liam Collins is the executive director of the Viola Foundation, the executive director of the Madison Policy Forum, a ...

Furat University in Syria and is a master’s student in the Department of International Relations at the Higher School of ...

The European Union has announced plans to sanction Israel over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. If adopted, the move would ...

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 ...

Noureddine Krichene is an economist at the International Monetary Fund.

Ronald Bruce St John served on the Atlantic Council Working Group on Libya and the International Advisory Board of The Journal of Libyan Studies. He is the author of five books on Libya, including ...

As the rivalry between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi sharpens in Yemen and beyond, Turkey has begun edging closer to Saudi Arabia. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has openly acknowledged Saudi concerns, ...

Dr. Dania Thafer is the Executive Director of Gulf International Forum. Her area of expertise is on US-Gulf relations, security and the political economy of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states.