US President Donald Trump is scheduled to deliver a prime time address to the nation this evening at a moment when public ...

Last month, Gen. Joseph Votel (Ret.) led a Middle East Institute delegation to Syria. The team was made up of American ...

This backgrounder provides an overview of the Axis of Resistance, a loosely aligned network of armed groups and state actors ...

The December 2020 Moroccan-Israeli normalization deal has evolved from a vehicle enabling Morocco to gain long-sought U.S. recognition of its claims on Western Sahara to a broader strategic ...

The Middle East Institute (MEI) is pleased to invite you to the launch of The GCC AI Stack, a new report by MEI Senior Fellow ...

India’s interests and capabilities extend well beyond the subcontinent. This essay is part of a series that explores the geopolitical dimensions, economic ties ...

Since the launch of Vision 2030 six years ago, Saudi Arabia has made considerable progress in reducing the labor-cost gap between national and foreign workers in the private sector. While the total ...

The Kremlin began its outreach to Arabic-speaking audiences in May 2007 by launching RT Arabic. Over the past few decades, two major events turned RT Arabic into a crucial asset. First, the Arab ...

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 ...

Admiral Brad Cooper, USN, Commander of US Central Command, gave opening remarks at MEI's conference titled "Assessing US Policy on Post-Assad Syria & Its International Integration." ...

Over the past decade of turmoil, conflict, and external military intervention in Yemen, Oman’s foreign policy has emerged as the Gulf exception. Muscat has pursued a unique role, driven by both ...

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