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

Hanna Notte: Russia in the Middle East After Ukraine
Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman , Natasha Hall , and Daniel Sharp — January 24, 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
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Creating a New Energy Strategy for a Post Ukraine War World
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman and Paul Cormarie — August 22, 2022

A Mezze: Egypt's Killer Cuisine
Podcast Episode — August 16, 2022

Reflections on the Fall of Kabul One Year Later
Commentary by Fawzia Koofi — August 15, 2022

Terrorism Threat Not Over
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Seth G. Jones — August 10, 2022

Accountability in Syria
Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman and Natasha Hall — August 9, 2022

Looking beyond the Biden Visit to the Middle East and the “Fist Bump”
Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — August 4, 2022


Henry Rome: Nuclear Negotiations with Iran
Podcast Episode by Jon B. Alterman , Natasha Hall , and Caleb Harper — July 26, 2022

The Middle East Transition We Need to Talk About
Commentary by Jon B. Alterman — July 21, 2022

Honey, I Froze the Kids
Newsletter by Caleb Harper and Kobe Spells — July 21, 2022
