Following Israel’s September 9 strike on Hamas targets in Qatar, Pakistan has taken swift and significant foreign policy steps in response and adopted an unusually assertive stance. This shift was ...

The Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement (SMDA) between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, signed in Riyadh on September 17, is far more than a bilateral pledge. It represents a profound reordering of ...

US President Donald Trump sent his top Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner to take part in Israel-Hamas talks hosted by Egypt this week aimed at ending the war in Gaza, ...

After two terrible years — beginning on the horrific morning of October 7, 2023 — there is now a chance the Gaza war could end. This chance exists not because the 20-point proposal released by the ...

The September 17 Saudi-Pakistani defense agreement generated a wave of overheated commentary about Saudi Arabia now residing under a Pakistani nuclear umbrella and how a new strategic reality was in ...

Hundreds of young Moroccans are protesting across 11 cities since September 27 under the banner “GenZ 212.” The central trigger behind the demonstrations has been a deep popular frustration with ...

The Middle East Institute is pleased to invite you to a public, in-person panel on Monday, October 6, from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM, on “Critical Minerals, the Middle East, and the Future of Global Supply ...

As we approach the two-year mark of the region-wide conflict unleashed by the attacks of October 7, 2023, it is important to take stock of how this poly-crisis has transformed the Middle East—and how ...

The Middle East Institute (MEI) is deeply saddened by the passing of George Hoguet, a distinguished former member of our ...

It’s not every day that a U.S. president publicly demands the return of a military base from a former adversary. But that’s ...

On the table is a proposal for a complete Israeli hostage release within three days of Israel publicly accepting the agreement, followed by a release of Palestinian prisoners. Humanitarian aid would ...

The Middle East Institute’s Arts & Culture Center is pleased to present a screening of A Thousand and One Berber Nights (2023) followed by an in-person Q&A with director Hisham Aidi. The documentary ...