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

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

In less than a year, this Syrian transitional government has received official visits in Damascus from more governments ...

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 ...

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

The following articles are part of the series "Seizing Lebanon's Moment," a joint initiative with the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI). The contributors to this series — ...

Available in print and electronically, and with a foreword by top national security and cyber expert Richard A. Clarke, this is the first anthology of its kind to specifically detail cyber warfare in ...

Summer 2025 Internship applications are currently open. Description: The Programs and Events Department is the public face of MEI, organizing and managing its webinars, roundtables, panels, and annual ...

Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince, prime minister, and main decision-maker in Saudi Arabia, left Washington and his summit with President Donald Trump with a number of promises made and ...

A key player in the oil industry and central to producer-consumer relations, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was formed by major oil exporters to stabilize prices and ...

Over the past decade of turmoil, conflict, and external military intervention in Yemen, Oman’s foreign policy has emerged as the Gulf exception. Muscat has pursued a unique role, driven by both ...

It has been 30 years since Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) chairman Yasir Arafat, flanked by a beaming President Bill Clinton, signed the historic Oslo ...