A regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security.
As the Khashoggi affair will likely show, accountability is never a problem for Arab leaders.
There were four lessons from the Istanbul Summit on Syria, one of which is that Bashar al-Assad has won.
By closing its representative institution to the Palestinians, the Trump administration has again harmed peace prospects.
In cutting funding to people-to-people programs for Palestinians, Washington is doing much harm.
A regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security.
Yezid Sayigh discusses Palestinian-Israeli relations and sees little prospect of a breakthrough.
A regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security.
Washington condemns its Middle Eastern enemies for their abuses, but green lights its friends.
The United States wants out of the Middle East, but that’s not how inter-state relations usually work.
A regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security.
A regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security.
Donald Trump is so motivated to reach agreements, that we might have to worry if he succeeds.
A regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security.
Gary Samore of Harvard’s Belfer Center discusses the implications of the U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear deal with Iran.
The hardliners on the nuclear deal with Iran are leaving the U.S. president with one option, namely war.
Donald Trump has withdrawn from the nuclear deal with Iran, but he appears to have no Plan B.
How did Emmanuel Macron approach Donald Trump on the Middle East at their summit last week?
Former U.S. negotiator Aaron David Miller surveys the Middle East and believes transformative diplomacy is out of reach.
A regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security.