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.

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Middle East Notes and Comment: Saudi Arabia Steps Out
By paying so much attention to China in the recent Saudi-Iran deal, Americans risk missing the most important part of this agreement: the changing regional role of Saudi Arabia.
Newsletter by Jon B. Alterman — March 24, 2023

Help Wanted, But Not Found: Emiratization in the UAE
Newsletter by Lubna Yousef and Caleb Harper — March 22, 2023

Saudi Arabia Steps Out
Commentary by Jon B. Alterman — March 22, 2023

Iraq 20 Years Later with Marsin Alshamary and Hamzeh Hadad
Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman , Will Todman , and Lubna Yousef — March 21, 2023
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Powering Recovery: Reform, Reconstruction, and Renewables in Conflict-Affected States in the Arab World
Report by Will Todman , Jon B. Alterman , and Lubna Yousef — March 3, 2023
A Mezze: From Beijing to Jerusalem
Podcast Episode — February 28, 2023

Deaths of Despair
Commentary by Jon B. Alterman — February 21, 2023
Natasha Hall: The Aftermath of Earthquakes in Syria
Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman and Natasha Hall — February 21, 2023

Saudi Arabia’s New Journey in Anime
Newsletter by Daniel Sharp — February 21, 2023

Earthquake May Deepen Syria’s Divides
Commentary by Natasha Hall — February 7, 2023
Shattered Relief: A 7.8-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Turkey and Syria
Critical Questions by Erol Yayboke — February 7, 2023
Bilahari Kausikan: The Middle East in a Multipolar World
Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman , Will Todman , and Caleb Harper — February 7, 2023

The Changing Strategic Importance of the Middle East and North Africa
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — February 6, 2023