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

We heard with horror that two US service members were shot the day before Thanksgiving while performing their duties — on US ...

Join us on December 11th for an in-depth discussion on Israel's use of non-state actors in modern warfare. Prompted by Dr. Yaniv Voller's 'Israel's Clan Strategy in Gaza,' a provocative new essay ...

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

Available in print and electronically, and with a foreword by top national security and cyber expert Richard A. Clarke, this is the first anthology of its kind to specifically detail cyber warfare in ...

Summer 2025 Internship applications are currently open. Description: The Programs and Events Department is the public face of MEI, organizing and managing its webinars, roundtables, panels, and annual ...

Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince, prime minister, and main decision-maker in Saudi Arabia, left Washington and his summit with President Donald Trump with a number of promises made and ...

A key player in the oil industry and central to producer-consumer relations, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was formed by major oil exporters to stabilize prices and ...

On November 18, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is scheduled to make his first trip to Washington since 2018. In a new MEI Policy Memo, Daniel Benaim breaks down why it matters for the US and ...

When Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on November 10, he is expected to announce that Syria has joined the International Coalition to ...

US President Donald Trump hosted Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Monday, November 10, marking the first-ever visit by a Syrian head of state to Washington, DC. What came out of the White House ...