Feb 6, 2025
Middle East Focus Presents: ’Taking the Edge Off the Middle
East’ with Brian Katulis.
A series of casual conversations with leading policy professionals
on the most important happenings in the Middle East today - hosted
by MEI’s Senior Fellow Brian Katulis.
Barbara A. Leaf is a seasoned diplomat and expert on...
Jan 29, 2025
For the first time in decades, the question of how Syria will be governed is wide open. The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime at the hands of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an armed Islamist group with former ties to al-Qaeda, has left Syria in uncharted territory. Its de facto leader, Ahmed Al Shaara, has pledged a vision of...
Dec 20, 2024
Middle East Focus Presents: ‘Taking the Edge Off the Middle
East’ with Brian Katulis.
A series of casual conversations with leading policy professionals
on the most important happenings in the Middle East today - hosted
by MEI’s Senior Fellow for US Foreign Policy, Brian Katulis.
Norman
T. Roule is a member of...
Dec 18, 2024
The war in Gaza continues as the Biden administration nears its end, leaving President-elect Donald Trump with a vastly different Middle East from the one he inherited in his first term. Khaled Elgindy, Director of the Palestine & Palestinian-Israeli Affairs program at MEI, is joined by Tamara Kharroub and Daniel Levy...
Dec 12, 2024
Following more than a year of turmoil and transformative changes reshaping the Middle East, the region witnessed another shock with the downfall of the Assad family’s 54-year rule over Syria last weekend. The rapid collapse was triggered by a lightning rebel offensive led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a former affiliate...