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

Salmon Fishing in the UAE: How Salmon Farming Fits into the Emirates’ Food Security Plans
Newsletter by Lubna Yousef and Caleb Harper — January 24, 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
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Launch of the Feb. 2022 Issue of the International Review of the Red Cross: “Counterterrorism, Sanctions and War”
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A Mezze: Honey, I Froze the Kids
Podcast Episode — October 11, 2022

What Did Saudi Arabia Just Do?
Critical Questions by Jon B. Alterman , Joseph Majkut , and Ben Cahill — October 6, 2022

Sami Atallah: Lebanon's Freefall
Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman , Will Todman , and Caleb Harper — October 4, 2022

Lebanon's Freefall
Transcript — October 4, 2022

A Conversation with H.E. Hoshyar Zebari
Event by Jon B. Alterman and H.E. Hoshyar Zebari — September 28, 2022

A Mezze: Volunteer Trash Collectors
Podcast Episode — September 27, 2022

Beyond Leadership: Radhya al-Mutawakel
Podcast Episode by Jacob Kurtzer — September 21, 2022

A Mall Victory
Newsletter by Max Levine — September 21, 2022

Dr. Anthony Fauci: The Future Outlook for COVID-19
Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison — September 20, 2022

Marc Owen Jones: Real News, Fake News, and No News
Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman , Natasha Hall , and Caleb Harper — September 20, 2022
