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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Help Wanted, But Not Found: Emiratization in the UAE
As the UAE intensifies efforts to employ more nationals in the private sector, Emirati officials are finding that there are some jobs that Emiratis don’t want to take.
Newsletter by Lubna Yousef and Caleb Harper — March 22, 2023

Saudi Arabia Steps Out
Commentary by Jon B. Alterman — 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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Powering Recovery in the Middle East: Realities on the Ground

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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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