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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Saudi Arabia Steps Out
The recent China-brokered agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran represents a new era of Saudi diplomacy, shifting away from passive agreement with the United States and toward greater independent engagement in the region and beyond.
Commentary by Jon B. Alterman — March 22, 2023

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

A Mezze: Going Green with Envy
Podcast Episode — March 14, 2023
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Rethinking Humanitarian Aid: A Conversation with Michelle Nunn, President and CEO of CARE USA

The Kurdish Roots of Iran’s Freedom Movement

Adapting Aid and Intervention in Yemen

Empires of Eurasia: How Imperial Legacies Shape International Security

2022 Washington Humanitarian Forum: Closing the Gap

A Conversation with H.E. Hoshyar Zebari

Sustaining Yemen: Ensuring Humanitarian Aid Amid Shifting Conflict Dynamics
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Empires of Eurasia: How Imperial Legacies Shape International Security
Event by Max Bergmann and Jeffrey Mankoff — December 2, 2022
World Cup Geopolitics
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Jon B. Alterman — December 1, 2022

Tamar Hermann: Israel's Rightward Shift
Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman , Natasha Hall , and Daniel Sharp — November 29, 2022

Blame It on the Bitcoin: How Cryptocurrency Affects Libya's Electricity Grid
Newsletter by Lubna Yousef — November 28, 2022

Muhammad Ali’s Foreign Policy Lessons
Commentary by Jon B. Alterman — November 18, 2022
Helen Lackner: Yemen in Conflict
Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman , Natasha Hall , and Caleb Harper — November 15, 2022

Iranian Women’s Revolution
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz — November 11, 2022

2022 Washington Humanitarian Forum: Closing the Gap
Event by Jacob Kurtzer , Kimberly Flowers , Katherine E. Bliss , Jon B. Alterman , Marti Flacks , Mvemba Phezo Dizolele , Beza Tesfaye , Natasha Hall , and Hadeil Ali — November 9, 2022
Accountability and Multilateralism in Israel’s Approach to Cyber Diplomacy
Podcast Episode by James Andrew Lewis and Christopher Painter — November 9, 2022
