President Donald Trump’s proposal last week to end the war in Gaza displayed the competing tensions in American Middle East policy. Trump campaigned for re-election on the platform of “America First,” ...

The Middle East is a place that most American presidents want to avoid. Yet inevitably, they find themselves mired in its quarrels. Despite periodic calls for a pivot toward other geostrategic ...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R–S.C.) has finally found a war he doesn't like. During a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday night, President Donald Trump said that "the U.S. will ...

Please join the Middle East Institute (MEI) for a half-day conference focused on Syria one year into its historic transition.

On the C-SPAN Networks: Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy has hosted 5 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2003 Forum. The year with the most events was 2014 with ...

As the war in Ukraine drags on and tensions with China rise, Washington remains fixated on the Middle East – an ongoing quagmire that has absorbed disproportionate U.S. resources for decades. Despite ...

Some U.S. presidents have the (mis)fortune of having their entire foreign policy defined by their handling of one part of the world. For Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024, aged 100, it ...

Following October 7, the entire strategic context in the Middle East shifted as well. Israel no longer tolerates delegating regional power brokers to manage its cold war with Iran; it now handles ...

In Trump’s hands, the country’s diplomatic strategy in the Middle East can only get worse. This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... President Donald Trump has entered the White House with an ambitious international agenda. Whether it’s expanding the 2020 Abraham Accords ...

Donald Trump’s election victory was a clarifying moment. But in terms of Middle East policy, months on the campaign trail still left three key questions unanswered. Will Trump recommit the U.S. to a ...