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 ...

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

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 ...

Now that the fanfare and spin from Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman’s visit to Washington has faded, it is important to gauge what the trip actually accomplished. Please join the Middle East Institute ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

The Middle East Institute was pleased to host a high-level panel discussion, “Realigning US-Saudi Relations for the 21st Century,” examining how Washington and Riyadh can adapt their longstanding ...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's November 2025 visit to the United States is his first in more than seven years, and during the past few years Saudi Arabia has assumed an increasingly ...

In less than a year, this Syrian transitional government has received official visits in Damascus from more governments around the world than the Assads received in 53 years. Moreover, having ...

Washington is once again leaning hard on Baghdad to narrow the space for Iran’s proxy networks, pairing new terrorist designations and sanctions with a sharper diplomatic line that demands the ...