This article is part of a collection of short essays written by the Fellows of the Middle East Institute to explore aspects of the ongoing war with Iran. The intent of the collection is to help ...

While Syria clearly sought to avoid being dragged into the regional melee, the war and its destabilizing effects created significant opportunities for a transitional government in Damascus determined ...

This article is part of a collection of short essays written by the Fellows of the Middle East Institute to explore aspects of the ongoing war with Iran. The intent of the collection is to help ...

This article is part of a collection of short essays written by the Fellows of the Middle East Institute to explore aspects of the ongoing war with Iran. The intent of the collection is to help ...

This article is part of a collection of short essays written by the Fellows of the Middle East Institute to explore aspects of the ongoing war with Iran. The intent of the collection is to help ...

Keeping Iran — whose interest is instability, not peace — out of any Israeli-Lebanese agreement is critical. In this way alone, the Trilateral Framework Agreement is an improvement over the US-Iran ...

This report assesses the future sustainability of agriculture across North Africa using a multidimensional approach that considers the dynamics of water, climate, land, and economics. To enable this ...

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is a regional political and economic alliance comprising six states in the Arabian Peninsula: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab ...

On June 14, 2026, the United States and Iran agreed on terms to end the war that started on February 28, 2026, and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. MEI experts react to the deal and what it means for the ...

Yemen’s long-time president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, was forced to step down in 2012 in the wake of the Arab Spring protests that swept the region beginning in 2011. After several years of fighting during ...

The war-time disruptions of international shipping transiting the Strait of Hormuz are spreading through the fertilizer market and affecting supply chains encompassing regions that have no margins to ...

Iran entered this war after years of sustained economic pressure. Sanctions, isolation, and structural weaknesses have already produced a fragile economy marked by inflation, currency instability, and ...