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The New Front in Yemen

A successful assault on the Yemen's biggest port would change the course of the war, but it could come at a steep cost.

Peter Salisbury

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Middle East Jun 27, 2018 Snapshot

The New Front in Yemen

A successful assault on the Yemen's biggest port would change the course of the war, but it could come at a steep cost.

Peter Salisbury

Middle East Jun 11, 2018 Snapshot

How Qatar Weathered the Gulf Crisis

Although the embargo is still in place, Qatar has proved more resilient than most people anticipated.

Kristian Coates Ulrichsen

Military helicopters flying over Doha during Qatar National Day, 2015

Politics & Society Jun 7, 2018 Snapshot

The Conflicted Legacy of Bernard Lewis

Bernard Lewis, historian of the Middle East, was widely misunderstood. But no other person in our time has done as much to inform and influence the West’s view of the...

Martin Kramer

U.S. Foreign Policy May 9, 2018 Snapshot

Is Washington Too Focused on Iran's Nuclear Program?

For nearly a decade, the nuclear question has crowded out serious deliberations over a broader policy toward Iran.

Michael Singh

A man carries a giant flag made of flags of Iran, Palestine, Syria and Hezbollah, during a ceremony marking the 37th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, in Tehran, February 2016.

War & Military Strategy May 8, 2018 Snapshot

Friends With Benefits

The U.S.-SDF partnership is a perfect example of the promise—and peril—of outsourcing U.S. military campaigns.

Frances Z. Brown and Mara Karlin

Ideology Apr 11, 2018 Snapshot

Post-Liberalism, East and West

On debates about how to conceive of national identity and alternatives to liberalism, the West finds itself lagging behind the Middle East.

Shadi Hamid

A protestor holds a cross and Koran in Cairo, December 2012.

Middle East Apr 5, 2018 Snapshot

New Hope for Iraq?

On May 12, Iraqis will head to the polls for parliamentary elections. These elections are coming at a pivotal moment

Emma Sky

Workers cleaning the streets of Mosul, March 2018

Middle East May/June 2018 Essay

Fresh Prince

The path that MBS chooses in the aftermath of the Ritz-Carlton crackdown will determine his country’s future.

F. Gregory Gause III

Middle East Feb 28, 2018 Snapshot

Building Peace in Yemen From the Ground Up

From the beginning, the peace process in Yemen has suffered from faulty assumptions and out-of-date-analysis.

Peter Salisbury

The aftermath of air strikes, Saada, Yemen, January 2018

Middle East March/April 2018 Essay

Iran Among the Ruins

Contrary to the beliefs of the Trump administration, Iran did not cause the collapse of order in the Middle East and containing it will not bring back stability. The...

Vali Nasr

Hired guns: a Hezbollah fighter on the Lebanese-Syrian border, July 2017.

ISIS Dec 22, 2017 Snapshot

The Jihadist Threat Won't End With ISIS' Defeat

Numerous additional Salafi jihadist organizations will be ready to take ISIS' place as long as the conditions that gave rise to such groups persist.

Barbara F. Walter

Civilian children stand next to a burnt vehicle during clashes between Iraqi security forces and ISIS in the northern Iraq city of Mosul, June 2014.

Middle East Dec 14, 2017 Snapshot

Israel Draws a Redline in Syria

As Israel becomes increasingly assertive in Syria, it might find an unlikely partner in Russia.

Meir Javedanfar

Putin and Netanyahu at the Kremlin, June 2016.

Security Nov 30, 2017 Snapshot

India and the Iranian-Saudi Divide

India has interests on both sides of the Iranian-Saudi divide—so it is hedging its bets.

Bharath Gopalaswamy and Amir Handjani

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Ufa, Russia, July 2015.

Politics & Society Nov 29, 2017 Snapshot

How Hamas' Military Wing Threatens Reconciliation With Fatah

Fatah leader and PA President Mahmud Abbas insists that there can be only “one state, one government, one gun,” but Hamas seeks to maintain its armed military and...

Matthew Levitt and Aviva Weinstein

Head of Hamas delegation Saleh Arouri and Fatah leader Azzam Ahmad sign a reconciliation deal in Cairo, Egypt, October 2017.

Trump Administration Oct 30, 2017 Snapshot

Syria's Extremist Opposition

There are of course some worthy allies among the Syrian rebels, but not nearly as many as Western regime-change enthusiasts have spent the past few years claiming.

Max Abrahms

Rebel fighters stand guard as a convoy of buses carrying Sunni rebels and civilians, who were evacuated from Zabadani and Madaya, as part of a reciprocal evacuation deal for four besieged towns, travel in al-Rashideen to journey towards rebel-held Idlib,

Security Oct 20, 2017 Snapshot

The Clash Over Kirkuk

Baghdad's seizure of Kirkuk from the Kurdistan Regional Government points to a hard truth: it is not the Kurds who face an existential crisis, but Iraq.

Ranj Alaaldin

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and KRG President Massoud Barzani in Erbil, April 2015.

Security Oct 5, 2017 Snapshot

Making Jihad Pay

There is a rational and strategic reason that profit-driven business elites end up in bed with ideologically motivated Islamists: the jihadists lower their taxes.

Aisha Ahmad

A fighter from the jihadist group Jabhat al-Nusra in the Syria city of Ariha, May 2015.

Politics & Society Oct 2, 2017 Snapshot

After the Kurdish Independence Referendum

Iraqi Kurds will be better served by remaining part of a functioning federal or confederal Iraq than by independence.

Galip Dalay

A boy riding a bicycle with the flag of Kurdistan in Tuz Khurmato, Iraq, September 2017.

Ideology November/December 2017 Review Essay

Political Islam After the Arab Spring

In many Muslim countries, mainstream Islamist parties are taking an increasingly secular approach to politics. Yet by doing so they risk destroying the religious...

Olivier Roy

Security November/December 2017 Comment

Mission Still Not Accomplished in Iraq

As much as Americans may want to get out of Iraq, continued U.S. engagement is crucial for the stability of Iraq, the Middle East, and the world.

Emma Sky

Back in town: Iraqi forces after liberating the village of Khalidiya from ISIS, October 2016

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Friends With Benefits

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New Hope for Iraq?

Fresh Prince

Building Peace in Yemen From the Ground Up

Iran Among the Ruins

The Jihadist Threat Won't End With ISIS' Defeat

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