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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Book Event: Jennifer Sciubba's "8 Billion and Counting"

Launch of the Feb. 2022 Issue of the International Review of the Red Cross: “Counterterrorism, Sanctions and War”
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The Middle East’s Coming Centrality
Commentary by Jon B. Alterman — September 20, 2022

Survey: Why Turkey Is So Popular in the DRC, And More
Podcast Episode by Mvemba Phezo Dizolele — September 15, 2022

Dr. Krishna Udayakumar: “The world has moved on.”
Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison and H. Andrew Schwartz — September 15, 2022

A Mezze: It Takes a Village to Protect a River
Podcast Episode — September 13, 2022

Demographic Change in the Greater Levant: A Case Study by Country
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman and Paul Cormarie — September 12, 2022

Demographic Change in North Africa: A Case Study by Country
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman and Paul Cormarie — September 7, 2022

Olivia Lazard: Climate in the Middle East
Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman — September 6, 2022


Demographic Change in the Arab/Persian Gulf: A Case Study by Country
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman and Paul Cormarie — August 29, 2022

Marsin Alshamary: Iraq's Political Crisis
Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman , Will Todman , and Lubna Yousef — August 23, 2022
