Egypt and the Levant

The Middle East Program, Energy Security and Climate Change Program, International Security Program, Transnational Threats Project, Burke Chair in Strategy, and Emeritus Chair in Strategy analyze shifting dynamics and their implications for U.S. policy in Syria, Egypt, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Jordan, and Lebanon.

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Israel’s Not-Quite-Founder’s Syndrome

As Israel becomes increasingly bogged down in Gaza, Jon Alterman argues that Israeli leadership does not have a strategy to exit the conflict.

Commentary by Jon B. Alterman — March 11, 2024

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Jon B. Alterman

Jon B. Alterman

Senior Vice President, Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy, and Director, Middle East Program
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Seth G. Jones

Senior Vice President; Harold Brown Chair; and Director, International Security Program
Will Todman

Will Todman

Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Middle East Program
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Daniel Byman

Senior Fellow, Transnational Threats Project

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Babel: Translating the Middle East

Tamar Hermann: Israel's Rightward Shift

Jon speaks with Tamar Hermann about the rightward shift of young Jewish Israelis and changing attitudes about Arab citizens of Israel.

Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman, Natasha Hall, and Daniel Sharp — November 29, 2022

CSIS Babel
Babel: Translating the Middle East

A Mezze: Toons That Teach

Increasingly, a range of dialects have appeared on television and in movies. Arab children’s television, however, has proven surprisingly immune to the trend. A new Mezze from the CSIS Middle East Program.

Podcast Episode — November 22, 2022

CSIS Babel
Babel: Translating the Middle East

Helen Lackner: Yemen in Conflict

Jon Alterman speaks with Helen Lackner about the history of conflict in Yemen and how the current civil war fits into it.

Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman, Natasha Hall, and Caleb Harper — November 15, 2022

CSIS Babel
The Trade Guys

A Little Confused Overall

The Trade Guys break down what we know so far about the results of the midterm elections, the COP27 in Egypt, and Mexican corn biotechnology. 

Podcast Episode by Scott Miller and William Alan Reinsch — November 10, 2022

CSIS The Trade Guys
Babel: Translating the Middle East

A Mezze: Syrians Need Not Apply

Amid a worsening economic crisis, Lebanon is facing yet another shortage: a lack of foreign workers to work as maids and nannies in Lebanese homes.

Podcast Episode — November 8, 2022

CSIS Babel
Pandemic Planet

Dr. Jeni Miller: “We do not have the luxury to set aside working on the climate crisis”

Katherine is joined by Dr. Jeni Miller, Executive Director of the Global Climate and Health Alliance, to discuss the ways in which a changing climate affects health outcomes, as well as the ways in which health professionals can work with those in other sectors to advocate for greater focus on the climate-health nexus.

Podcast Episode by Katherine E. Bliss — October 14, 2022

CSIS Pandemic Planet
Babel: Translating the Middle East

Sami Atallah: Lebanon's Freefall

Jon speaks with Sami Atallah about how Lebanon got into the financial crisis it has been in for the past three years.

Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman, Will Todman, and Caleb Harper — October 4, 2022

CSIS Babel
Into Africa

Survey: Why Turkey Is So Popular in the DRC, And More

Mvemba unpacks the results of CIC and BERCI's new national survey in the DRC with Joshua Walker, Director of Programs at the Congo Research Group and Francesca Bomboko, Co-Founder and Director of BERCI, a public opinion research firm based in the DRC.

Podcast Episode by Mvemba Phezo Dizolele — September 15, 2022

CSIS Into Africa

Demographic Change in the Greater Levant: A Case Study by Country

In the last part of a three-volume series, The Emeritus Chair in Strategy has prepared an analysis of the MENA’s demographics and detailed how population pressure has impacted the region’s stability.

Report by Anthony H. Cordesman and Paul Cormarie — September 12, 2022