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 ...

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

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 ...

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

The coming weeks may prove decisive in Europe’s long struggle to manage Iran’s nuclear ambitions. On Aug. 28, the United ...

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, ...

On March 10, 2025, Ahmed al-Sharaa, the president of Syria, and Mazloum Abdi, the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), signed a historic agreement, ending a long-running divide ...

Within the next 25 years, the Middle East and North Africa will be a global leader in renewable energy production and a hub for international renewable energy supply chains. Morocco, the United Arab ...

The final weeks of America’s 2024 presidential campaign have been mostly focused on issues closer to home, with the two candidates emphasizing social and economic concerns rather than foreign policy.

The United States is trapped in a reactive Middle East policy approach of its own making one year into a regional war that continues to expand. This strategic drift in US policy is a direct result of ...