Democratic Backsliding with Chiraz Arbi, Yasir Zaidan, Alberto Fernandez, and Sarah Feuer
Few countries from the Middle East or North Africa were invited to participate in the Biden administration's December Summit for Democracy,...
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Russia in the Middle East with Anna Borshchevskaya, Lester Grau, and Michael McFaul
Marking the release of Anna Borshchevskaya's groundbreaking new book on Russia's Putin-era Middle East Policy, the Institute senior fellow h...
Counterterrorism Twenty Years after 9/11
Twenty years after the deadly terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, how has the global terrorist threat, and American strategy against it...
Afghanistan Fallout with Anna Borshchevskaya, Bilal Wahab, and Kathryn Wheelbarger
How will America’s choice to withdraw military forces from Afghanistan, and the manner of our withdrawal over the course of the last two pre...
A Holistic Policy for the Red Sea Region with Elana Delozier
To promote stability and other U.S. interests, Washington must reshape its approach to the increasingly complex staging ground for global co...
Military & Political Assessment of the Gaza Conflict with Grant Rumley & Neri Zilber
Two experts on security and political issues in the Middle East, Grant Rumley and Neri Zilber, share insights into the causes and outcomes o...
U.S.-Saudi Relations in the Biden Administration with Robert Satloff
How can the Biden administration build a mature, balanced relationship with Saudi Arabia? Institute executive director Robert Satloff, coaut...
The Biden Administration and Iran with Dennis Ross
In a new paper from Amb. Dennis Ross, he argues that Iran, its nuclear program, and its threats to regional security will pose some of the t...
New Israeli-Arab Peacemaking with Amb. Barbara Leaf, Dana Stroul & Neri Zilber
Israel has a couple of new friends in the Persian Gulf. On September 16, representatives from Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and the King...
Mapping Hezbollah with Matthew Levitt
Lebanese Hezbollah has been well-known to Americans as a deadly terrorist group for nearly forty years, but there has never been an accessib...
West Bank Annexation with David Makovsky, Ghaith al-Omari, Dana Stroul, and Dennis Ross
What factors will shape Israel's decisionmaking, and how would unilateral annexation affect its relations with the Palestinians, Arab neighb...
Deterring Iran in the 'Gray Zone' with Michael Eisenstadt
Military analyst Michael Eisenstadt details how the Islamic Republic of Iran operates in the gray zone between war and peace to manage escal...
Tunisia's Missionaries of Jihad with Aaron Zelin
In the last decade, Tunisia has been seen as both a democratic bright spot of the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings and a major source of manpower...
Hussein and Abdullah with Robert Satloff
For two decades, rumors have swirled around the royal succession from Jordan’s King Hussein to his son, King Abdullah II. Hussein reinstated...
The UN's Assessment of ISIS & al-Qaeda with Edmund Fitton-Brown
The head of the UN team charged with monitoring each group assesses their prospects for bouncing back and recommends further steps that gove...
The Trump Administration's Peace Plan
Listen to an exclusive press briefing on the Trump administration's newly announced peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Four ex...
Saudi Religious Reform with Sarah Feuer
Since 2016, statements from Riyadh have suggested that Saudi Arabia might be on the verge of reorienting its decades-long promotion of Salaf...
FBI Counterterrorism with Matthew Alcoke
The FBI’s top intelligence official shares his insights into how authorities and agencies are collaborating to keep the United States safe a...
Decision Points Episode 1 with Michael Oren
"Decision Points" is a new Washington Institute podcast that provides fresh insights into critical moments in the U.S.-Israel relationship f...
Trailer: Decision Points: The U.S.-Israel Relationship
"Decision Points" is a new Washington Institute podcast that provides fresh insights into critical moments in the U.S.-Israel relationship f...