For years, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader and ultimate powerbroker, has been insisting to his people that ...

The reverberations of Israel’s strike on the Hamas negotiating team in Doha yesterday are still rippling across the globe and ...

The late-night open house features MEI's new gallery exhibition, Arab Pop Art: Between East and West, as well as live Arabic musical performances by Laith AlAttar (oud & vocals) and Ali Bandeali ...

Over the summer, five Western allies announced their readiness to recognize a Palestinian state during this year’s annual ...

The Middle East Institute (MEI) is proud to announce the appointment of Ambassador (ret.) Yael Lempert as its new Vice ...

Join MEI for a discussion of Iranian politics and foreign policy at this crucial moment in its foreign policy. Both of our panelists will discuss their new books on contemporary Iran and how they ...

The most striking thing about Donald Trump’s foreign policy at the seven-month mark of his second administration is how it ...

At the end of August, the future of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), established nearly 50 years ago, ...

At some point, most people will likely have seen or received a school report that reads something along these lines: “Commendable progress but has the potential to do better.” The latest report from ...

As the Western Sahara conflict reaches its fifth decade, the territorial dispute remains unresolved and largely unknown. MEI's Intissar Fakir unpacks the Western Sahara's complex history and the rival ...

A historic shift may be on the horizon, as Turkey and Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan engage in unexpected peace talks. After 40 years of insurgency and 40,000 lives lost, Ocalan is expected ...