Egypt and Saudi Arabia share many foreign policy and regional security objectives and have a long and complicated ...

On June 19, false reports of an Israeli strike on Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant sparked alarm across the Gulf. Though denied ...

Six months since the collapse of the Assad regime, the Russian military presence in Syria has remained entrenched in strategic locations such as the Hmeimim airbase and Tartous port on the coast, as ...

Domestic politics has taken center stage in the United States as Congress struggles to pass President Donald Trump’s proposed ...

The May 6 cease-fire between the United States and the Houthi militia in Yemen has had a consolidating effect on the balance ...

The Middle East Institute (MEI) is honored to welcome Dr. Barham A. Salih, former President of the Republic of Iraq, as its ...

The Iraqi government has long navigated a path between maintaining political ties with its Iranian neighbor and Tehran’s allies inside Iraq on the one hand, and preserving its security relationship ...