A year and a half into Donald Trump’s second administration, the Middle East is far from where the president had hoped or expected it would be. The Iran war looms large over the region and the global ...
Lebanon stands to be America’s next foreign policy win — if Washington chooses to claim it. The United States has committed significant resources, in war and diplomacy, to neutralize Iran’s ability to ...
A great prize lies unclaimed by the United States and its allies: Lebanon. Ever since Hizballah’s deadly attack against the US Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983, which killed 241 American service ...
The June 26 Trilateral Framework signed by Lebanon, Israel, and the United States is a remarkable breakthrough toward peace, but much work remains ahead. If the restoration of Lebanese state ...
Please join the Middle East Institute (MEI) for a webinar exploring Israeli views of the war in the Middle East. Two-and-a-half weeks after the United States and Israel launched a military campaign ...
Fanar Haddad is a Senior Research Fellow at the Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore and a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute, Washington D.C. He has lectured ...
Long fragile and constrained by Israeli restrictions, the Palestinian economy is in dire straits. The focus since Hamas’ October 7 attack and the ensuing war has been on the devastation in Gaza. Yet ...
In November 2025, the United States sought and obtained approval for a United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR 2803) endorsing the formation of a Board of Peace (BoP) and International ...
This individual is a guest contributor. MEI is not able to assist with contact requests. Jean AbiNader is the Policy Director of the American Task Force on Lebanon (ATFL).
This individual is a guest contributor. MEI is not able to assist with contact requests. Dr. Michael Connell is a member of the research staff at the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) and the Director ...
There is a new and little noticed geostrategic alliance on the rise. India, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have had surface-level, transactional relations for a long time. However, last ...
GUO Changgang,Ph.D., is Professor and Director of the Center for Global Studies, Director for Humanities and Social Sciences Research at Shanghai University. Dr. Guo has been a Fulbright Visiting ...