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Resource Guides
A lot of difficult questions and topics linger on the subject of Islam and often times it isn’t easy to find resources capable of addressing these difficult topics fairly. Muslims ...
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What the Region Is Talking About
Trump V. Biden: A Regional Perspective
With less than two months to go before the US presidential elections, regional observers and editorials have begun opining on the electoral chances of the respective presidential candidates, as well ...
What the Region Is Talking About
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Unlikely to Bring Meaningful Change
Israel and Hamas spent much of last month in a tit-for-tat cycle of violence that ended just as quickly as it started. In the end, Hamas was able to secure ...
Journal
Iran after Khamenei: Prospects for Political Change
In 2018, after the suppression of the Green Movement following the disputed presidential election of 2009, Iran witnessed another wave of uprisings.
Solution in Libya: Elections, Mediation and a Victor’s Peace
The article argues to the contrary that Haftar’s offensive over Tripoli typifies the “illiberal turn” in conflict management recently postulated by some analysts.
Russia in Syria: An Unequivocal Return to the Middle East?
This article argues that President Putin's securitization agenda stems from the second Chechen War and is far more pragmatic concerning Russian engagement in the Middle East than former Soviet policies.
Book Reviews
Saudi Arabia has a very clear interest in maintaining regional stability because like the United States, it has a lot to lose.
While the promise of this book’s title is not actually fulfilled by the content, the work nonetheless proffers a valuable and rare perspective on events as the kingdom’s founder, Ibn Saud, sought to sustain the regime he had established.
This well-written life-and-times narrative, penned by New York Times Middle East correspondent Ben Hubbard, makes the case that the 34-year-old Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), incarnates the overconfidence and sense of entitlement so often attributed to his Millennial generation.
Since its founding in 1981, the Middle East Policy Council (MEPC) has dedicated its programs and publications to improving American understanding of the politics and societies of the Arab world and the broader Middle East, and to promoting thought