Last month, Gen. Joseph Votel (Ret.) led a Middle East Institute delegation to Syria. The team was made up of American ...

This backgrounder provides an overview of the Axis of Resistance, a loosely aligned network of armed groups and state actors ...

Admiral Brad Cooper, USN, Commander of US Central Command, gave opening remarks at MEI's conference titled "Assessing US Policy on Post-Assad Syria & Its International Integration." ...

We heard with horror that two US service members were shot the day before Thanksgiving while performing their duties — on US ...

The Middle East Institute (MEI) is pleased to invite you to the launch of The GCC AI Stack, a new report by MEI Senior Fellow ...

Now that the fanfare and spin from Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman’s visit to Washington has faded, it is important to gauge what the trip actually accomplished. Please join the Middle East Institute ...

Please join the Middle East Institute (MEI) for a half-day conference focused on Syria one year into its historic transition.

Join us on December 11th for an in-depth discussion on Israel's use of non-state actors in modern warfare. Prompted by Dr. Yaniv Voller's 'Israel's Clan Strategy in Gaza,' a provocative new essay ...

The December 2020 Moroccan-Israeli normalization deal has evolved from a vehicle enabling Morocco to gain long-sought U.S. recognition of its claims on Western Sahara to a broader strategic ...

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 ...

The Middle East and North Africa are well known for their severe water scarcity. The region’s lack of water resources is the result of many factors, including the harsh climate, intense heat, high ...

After 40 years, Syria once again has dual military rule, where the president and his brother are the highest authorities. In the early 1980s, Rifaat al-Assad, the brother of Hafez al-Assad, was the ...