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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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

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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

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Senior Advisor (Non-resident), International Security Project

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Convening policymakers and thought leaders to examine strategic trends in the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, and Iran and identify opportunities for constructive U.S. engagement

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Exploring the dynamics of Saudi Arabia’s efforts to promote a more meritocratic system in a society historically tied to primordial obligations.

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