Middle East
The Middle East Program heads CSIS’s work on the region, which analyzes a wide range of political, security, and socioeconomic issues related to the Middle East and North Africa, with special attention to the ways that changes in the Middle East and North Africa have effects beyond the region.
The DPRK-Hamas Relationship
North Korea has a long history of relations with Hamas. Their relationship goes back to the 1960s when North Korea first started to provide financial assistance and training to the Palestinian Liberation Organization.
Critical Questions by Ellen Kim and Salamata Bah — March 27, 2024
Analysis: The New Forever Wars
Podcast Episode by Natasha Hall and Leah Hickert — March 26, 2024
Inside a Gaza IMC Field Hospital | Gaza: The Human Toll
Transcript — March 25, 2024
Surviving Scarcity: Water and the Future of the Middle East
Digital Report by Natasha Hall — March 22, 2024
Recent Events
Inside a Gaza IMC Field Hospital | Gaza: The Human Toll
Senator Van Hollen on Next Steps in Gaza
Operating in the Cave: Medicine Amidst Conflict in Syria
Gaza: The Human Toll—Episode 7
Gaza: The Human Toll—Episode 6
China's Approach to the Middle East
Gaza: The Human Toll—Episode 5
Gaza: The Human Toll—Episode 4
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Rescuing Aid in Syria
Report by Natasha Hall — February 14, 2022
Dr. Richard Brennan, WHO Emergency Operations: The “Delicate Dance” with the Taliban
Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison — November 4, 2021
A Conversation with Jordanian Finance Minister Mohamad al-Ississ
Event — September 29, 2021
The Implications of the UN Cross-Border Vote in Syria
Brief by Natasha Hall — June 4, 2021
Covid-19 Splits the Middle East
Commentary by Jon B. Alterman — April 27, 2021
Navigating Collapse in Lebanon’s Covid-19 Response
Commentary by Will Todman and Anna McCaffrey — April 13, 2021
Covid Hasn’t Crushed the Middle East . . . Yet
Commentary by Jon B. Alterman — November 18, 2020
Middle East Notes and Comment: Covid-19 Hasn't Crushed the Middle East ... Yet
Newsletter — November 18, 2020
Coronavirus Crisis Update: US Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea- “The Writing Was on the Wall.”
Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison and Jon B. Alterman — November 17, 2020
Middle East Notes and Comment: Covid-19, the Iranians, and Us
Newsletter — July 21, 2020