Levant
Burke Chair reports on the Levant cover political upheavals, economic and demographic pressures, sectarian struggles and extremism, ethnic and tribal conflicts, and tensions in the Levant that form to complex and unstable patterns of competition
Competition with Iran, the civil war in Syria, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza, and the internal upheavals in Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon all interact and affect the dynamics in this critical and unsettled region.
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What Comes after War in Gaza
Commentary by Jon B. Alterman — October 12, 2023
The Middle East and North Africa in International Relations: The Changing Dynamics of Regional and National Security
Commentary by Anthony H. Cordesman — January 19, 2022
Israel and the Palestinians: From the Two-State Solution to Five Failed “States”
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — May 26, 2021
The Changing Military Dynamics of the MENA Region
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman and Grace Hwang — March 23, 2021
The Military Dynamics of the Middle East and North Africa
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman and Grace Hwang — October 26, 2020
Analytic Appendix: Additional Data on Detailed Patterns in MENA Arms Transfers
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman and Grace Hwang — October 20, 2020
The Greater Middle East: From the “Arab Spring” to the “Axis of Failed States”
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — August 24, 2020
Arms Procurement and Corruption in the Gulf Monarchies
Report by Zoltan Barany — May 11, 2020
The Gulf and the Challenge of Missile Defense: Net Assessment Indicators
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — February 24, 2020
Ten Key Elements of a U.S. Strategy for the Gulf
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — January 16, 2020