Having taken on the role of facilitating a Lebanon-Israel cease-fire and hosting direct talks aimed at reconciling Israeli ...

Christopher Blanchard is a Middle East Policy Analyst with the Congressional Research Service, where he provides objective, nonpartisan analysis and research support to the Members, committees, and ...

This past June, I had the opportunity to visit Ukraine and see a bit of a war I heretofore had only read about. The contrasts with the Middle Eastern wars I had experienced were stunning, as was, in ...

Amb. (ret.) Gerald Feierstein previously served as director of MEI’s Arabian Peninsula Affairs Program and a distinguished senior fellow on US diplomacy. He retired from the US Foreign Service in May ...

ABC News: What Trump's Cabinet picks say about his Middle East agenda, including a two-state solution: ANALYSIS ABC News: What Trump's Cabinet picks say about his Middle East agenda, including a ...

This individual is a guest contributor. MEI is not able to assist with contact requests. Shiar Youssef, from Syria, is the head of Naame Shaam‘s Research and Advocacy team. Naame Shaam, which means ...

Joey Shea is a former Non-Resident Scholar at the Middle East Institute’s Cyber Program focusing on digital information controls and operations, security, political violence, and the impact of ...

On June 14, 2026, the United States and Iran agreed on terms to end the war that started on February 28, 2026, and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. MEI experts react to the deal and what it means for the ...

This individual is a guest contributor. MEI is not able to assist with contact requests. Saeid Golkar is a senior fellow at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. He is also an assistant ...

This individual is a guest contributor. MEI is not able to assist with contact requests. Susanna Myllylä (D.Sc.Admin., D.Sc.Econ.) is a Researcher at the Department of History and Ethnology, ...

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This individual is a guest contributor. MEI is not able to assist with contact requests. Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt (U.S. Army, ret) is an advisor to U.S. firms in the Middle East. He served as ...