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Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel

TOPSHOT - The Israeli Iron Dome missile defence system (L) intercepts rockets (R) fired by the Hamas movement towards southern Israel from Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip as seen in the sky above the Gaza Strip overnight on May 14, 2021. - Israel bombarded Gaza with artillery and air strikes on Friday, May 14, in response to a new barrage of rocket fire from the Hamas-run enclave, but stopped short of a ground offensive in the conflict that has now claimed more than 100 Palestinian lives. As the viole

The Israeli Iron Dome missile defense system intercepts rockets fired by Hamas in the sky above the Gaza Strip on May 14, 2021. (Anas Baba/AFP via Getty Images)

Reports

Time to Recalibrate America’s Middle East Policy

Raphael BenLevi

Director, Churchill Program for Strategy, Statesmanship and National Security at the Argaman Institute of Tikvah Fund Israel

Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Raphael BenLevi & Michael Doran

Jan 27, 2023

Reports

13 Min Read

Dr Jordan B Peterson and Walter Russell Mead cross continents in a broad discussion over world affairs. They go in-depth on the state of China’s totalitarian regime, Vladimir Putin's plans for the war with Ukraine, the growing unrest under Iran’s iron fist, the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine, and how a push for American optimism is necessary to best face these emboldened challengers on the world stage.

(Screenshot via Jordan B. Peterson/YouTube)

Podcast

Israel, Russia, China, Iran: The World in Conflict

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Jan 26, 2023

Podcast

On January 15, 2023 local time, when jointly meeting the press with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry in Cairo, Foreign Minister Qin Gang said that in recent years, the countries and people of the Middle East have constantly strengthened themselves through unity, strived to advance development and revitalization, actively advocated inter-civilization exchanges, and stayed committed to defending fairness and justice, and serve as an important force in a multi-polar world. On the other hand, the Middle

(Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China)

Commentary

China in the Middle East | January 23, 2023

UNSPECIFIED, IRAN. - JANUARY 15: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY MANDATORY CREDIT - "SEPAHNEWS/ HANDOUT" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps conduct a military drill with ballistic missiles and unmanned air vehicles at Great Salt Desert, in the middle of the Iranian Plateau, on January 15, 2021 in Iran. (Photo by Sepahnews/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps conduct a military drill with ballistic missiles and unmanned air vehicles at Great Salt Desert, in the middle of the Iranian Plateau, on January 15, 2021. (Sepahnews/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Commentary

Iran’s Aerial Threat on the Rise as a Result of Russia’s Use of Its Suicide Drones in Ukraine War

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Jan 21, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, on January 19, 2023. (Iranian Presidency/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Commentary

What Does China’s Iranian Consulate Mean for America?

Ahmad Hashemi

Former Research Fellow

Ahmad Hashemi

Jan 19, 2023

Commentary

8 Min Read

Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu greet supporters at an election-night event on November 1, 2022, in Jerusalem, Israel. (Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Commentary

Netanyahu’s Agenda and Biden’s Opportunity

Jonathan Schachter

Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Jonathan Schachter

Jan 18, 2023

Commentary

3 Min Read

Members of 5th Special Forces Group conducting 50. caliber weapons training during counter-ISIS operations at Al Tanf Garrison in southern Syria on November 25, 2017. (DVIDS)

Members of Fifth Special Forces Group conducting .50 caliber weapons training during counter-ISIS operations at al-Tanf Garrison in southern Syria on November 25, 2017. (DVIDS)

Reports

Escape from the Syrian Labyrinth: A Road Map

Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Ömer Özkizilcik

Foreign Policy Analyst

Michael Doran & Ömer Özkizilcik

Jan 13, 2023

Reports

Long Read

(Wikimedia Commons)

Podcast

Horns of a Dilemma: The Arc of a Covenant

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Jan 13, 2023

Podcast

(Flickr)

Commentary

China in the Middle East | January 13, 2023

A Ukrainian soldier watches a self-propelled 220 mm multiple rocket launcher firing toward Russian positions on the front line in eastern Ukraine on November 29, 2022. (Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Let Ukraine Defeat the Russia-Iranian War Machine

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Richard Goldberg

Senior Advisor, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs & Richard Goldberg

Jan 12, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna meets with United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar during a trilateral ministerial meeting in New York, New York, on September 19, 2022. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

The Minilateral Era

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Narayanappa Janardhan

 Senior Research Fellow, Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy.

Husain Haqqani & Narayanappa Janardhan

Jan 10, 2023

Commentary

6 Min Read

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 17: White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan listens to a question during a press conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on August 17, 2021 in Washington, DC. Sullivan attended the briefing with White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki and provided an update on the U.S. operations in Afghanistan following the Taliban taking control of the country. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan listens to a question during a press conference in the White House on August 17, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Commentary

The Peril of Ignoring the Middle East