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
Seth G. Jones

Seth G. Jones

Senior Vice President; Harold Brown Chair; and Director, International Security Program

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The Middle East’s Coming Centrality

Dr. Jon Alterman discusses the Middle East’s likely future on the world stage as the energy transition looms on the horizon.

Commentary by Jon B. Alterman — September 20, 2022

Photo: HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI/AFP/Getty Images
Into Africa

Survey: Why Turkey Is So Popular in the DRC, And More

Mvemba unpacks the results of CIC and BERCI's new national survey in the DRC with Joshua Walker, Director of Programs at the Congo Research Group and Francesca Bomboko, Co-Founder and Director of BERCI, a public opinion research firm based in the DRC.

Podcast Episode by Mvemba Phezo Dizolele — September 15, 2022

CSIS Into Africa
Coronavirus Crisis Update

Dr. Krishna Udayakumar: “The world has moved on.”

Dr. Krishna Udayakumar, founding director of the Duke Global Health Innovation Center, shares his trenchant insights into this confusing moment of transition in the global response to Covid-19. 

Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison and H. Andrew Schwartz — September 15, 2022

CSIS Coronavirus Crisis Update
Babel: Translating the Middle East

A Mezze: It Takes a Village to Protect a River

To protect water resources in Lebanon, it takes more than just government action. This Mezze is adapted from a short vignette in our Sustainable States: Environment, Governance, and the Future of the Middle East. A New Mezze from the CSIS Middle East Program.

Podcast Episode — September 13, 2022

CSIS Babel

Demographic Change in the Greater Levant: A Case Study by Country

In the last part of a three-volume series, The Emeritus Chair in Strategy has prepared an analysis of the MENA’s demographics and detailed how population pressure has impacted the region’s stability.

Report by Anthony H. Cordesman and Paul Cormarie — September 12, 2022

Photo: MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images

Demographic Change in North Africa: A Case Study by Country

In the second part of a three-volume series, the Emeritus Chair in Strategy has prepared an analysis of the MENA’s demographics and detailed how population pressure has impacted the region’s stability.

Report by Anthony H. Cordesman and Paul Cormarie — September 7, 2022

Photo: MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images
Babel: Translating the Middle East

Olivia Lazard: Climate in the Middle East

Jon talks with Olivia Lazard about the social and political impacts of climate change in the Middle East.

Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman — September 6, 2022

CSIS Babel
Babel: Translating the Middle East

A Mezze: Deus ex Trafica

In Saudi Arabia, religious leaders warn that there's a new sin to add to the list: flashing your emergency lights to warn other drivers of upcoming speed cameras.

Podcast Episode — August 31, 2022

CSIS Babel
Babel: Translating the Middle East

Marsin Alshamary: Iraq's Political Crisis

This week on Babel, Jon speaks with Marsin Alshamary, a research fellow with the Middle East Initiative at Harvard’s Belfer Center. We talk about the ongoing crisis happening outside of Iraq’s parliament, why the current intra-Shi’a conflict is unique and how it echoes similar crises before, and where Iran and the United States stand.

Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman , Will Todman , and Lubna Yousef — August 23, 2022

CSIS Babel