The Middle East and North Africa region is not merely at the crossroads of three continents. It stands as one of the world's most significant repositories of petroleum, and most recently, helped shape the ideologies that brought terrorism to America's shores.
The Middle East Program concentrates its efforts on understanding the most important drivers of change in the region, and to pursuing a country-specific research agenda.
Anthony Cordesman the Burke Chair in Strategy provides up to date analysis of security developments in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Israel, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf, the global energy supply, and the Middle East as a whole.
The Energy Program studies energy resource issues in the region.
Jon Alterman (left), director of CSIS's Middle East Program, 
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