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.

U.S.-Israeli Military Exercises
Wall Street Journal Middle East Correspondent Dion Nissenbaum joins the podcast to discuss his reporting from aboard the U.S. George H.W. Bush in the Mediterranean Sea while the United States and Israel conducted their largest-ever military exercises, and Israel’s drone strike inside Iran just days later.
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz — February 2, 2023

A Mezze: Salmon Farming in the UAE
Podcast Episode — February 1, 2023

The Strategic Importance of the Middle East and North Africa: The Strengths and Limits of MENA Oil and Gas Wealth and the Challenge of Climate Change
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — January 24, 2023

Hanna Notte: Russia in the Middle East After Ukraine
Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman , Natasha Hall , and Daniel Sharp — January 24, 2023
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Khalid Albaih: The Information Bubble
Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman , Will Todman , and Lubna Yousef — December 27, 2022

Untying the Knot
Newsletter by Caleb Harper — December 22, 2022

A Mezze: Blame it on the Bitcoin
Podcast Episode — December 20, 2022

The Humanitarian Influence of Yemen's Truce
Commentary by Sierra Ballard and Jacob Kurtzer — December 19, 2022

LGBTQ+ Advocacy in the Middle East Backfires
Commentary by Will Todman — December 16, 2022

C. Raja Mohan: India's Middle East Strategy
Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman , Will Todman , and Lubna Yousef — December 13, 2022

Adapting Aid and Intervention in Yemen
Transcript by Jacob Kurtzer , Fatima Abo Alasrar , and David Gressly — December 12, 2022

Adapting Aid and Intervention in Yemen
Event by Jacob Kurtzer — December 7, 2022

A Mezze: Patching Jordan's Water Leaks
Podcast Episode — December 6, 2022
