North African states are turning long-standing diplomatic relationships into new opportunities for leverage, using migration ...

The reverberations of Israel’s strike on the Hamas negotiating team in Doha yesterday are still rippling across the globe and ...

For years, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader and ultimate powerbroker, has been insisting to his people that ...

On August 28, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany triggered the “snapback” process under the 2015 Iran nuclear deal — also known as the JCPOA — giving Tehran 30 days to negotiate a pathway that ...

Over the summer, five Western allies announced their readiness to recognize a Palestinian state during this year’s annual United Nations General Assembly meetings. Notably, two of these countries — ...

Don’t miss DC’s Art All Night festival at the Middle East Institute on Saturday, September 13, from 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM. The late-night open house features MEI's new gallery e ...

Ross Harrison and Mohsen Milani—two leading experts on Iranian strategy—join Brian for a conversation about the evolution of the Islamic Republic's foreign policy. Both draw on insights from their ...

At some point, most people will likely have seen or received a school report that reads something along these lines: “Commendable progress but has the potential to do better.” The latest report from ...

At the end of August, the future of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), established nearly 50 years ago, goes on trial in New York, where the Security Council will debate the renewal ...

The most striking thing about Donald Trump’s foreign policy at the seven-month mark of his second administration is how it has failed to improve America’s overall strategic position in the world. No ...

Europe’s leverage is fleeting. On Oct. 18, the E3’s legal capacity to trigger snapback unilaterally will expire, ending what little procedural leverage remains. Meanwhile, Iran remains convulsed by ...

Join MEI for a discussion of Iranian politics and foreign policy at this crucial moment in its foreign policy. Both of our panelists will discuss their new books on contemporary Iran and how they ...