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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

My experience is in the greater Middle East, more specifically wars in Lebanon (I served as the United States’ ambassador to this country in 1990-93), Iraq (I was ambassador in 2007-09), and ...

When it came to the funeral of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran this week, the most important man—his son and successor—did not appear. Other relatives came, as did senior officials, who ...

US President Donald Trump recently proposed that Syria intervene militarily against Hizballah in Lebanon. Is that a good idea? This episode of Middle East Focus features a recent MEI Virtual Briefing.

Join us for August’s and this exhibition’s last First Friday from 6:00–8:00 PM for our Open House and experience Beyond the Weave: Contemporary Dialogues with AlSadu as part of Art Walk Dupont. This ...

US President Donald Trump recently proposed that Syria intervene militarily against Hizballah in Lebanon. How would this unconventional proposal alter political, security, and diplomatic dynamics in ...

Once NATO's most reluctant member, Turkey hosts this week's summit in Ankara as wars in Ukraine and Iran — and Erdoğan's ties to President Trump — make it one of the alliance's most indispensable.

After the US-Israel-Iran war — and the strikes that followed the cease-fire — the Gulf states find themselves dangerously exposed. Host Alistair Taylor is joined by MEI Associate Fellow Gregory Gause ...