When President Donald Trump stood before world leaders at the 75th United Nations General Assembly on September 22, 2020, he ...
The Middle East has entered a hinge moment—the old order dying, a new one yet to emerge. As the region’s own actors, ...
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Can Donald Trump Build a Middle Eastern Shield?

The Middle East has rarely been kind to any form of collective defense partnership. Making one work will require prolonged ...
The military confrontation between Israel, the United States, and Iran has fundamentally altered the strategic landscape of the Middle East. Although the initial wave of direct exchanges had appeared ...
At least 25 Iranian attacks have targeted US sites or locations housing American military personnel in the Middle East since the start of the war, according to an AFP analysis. The US and Israel ...
When Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement on August 7, they created a new collective-security mechanism at the center of a region already shaken by war. A day ...
Part of the Middle East Program’s Middle East Futures Project, this Commentary series will analyze the Middle East’s current ...
The first presidential visit to China in nearly a decade will cover trade, technology, and a range of other bilateral topics, including frank conversations on Middle East subjects such as Beijing’s ...
A badly weakened Iran will no longer intimidate or threaten its neighbors in the same way. The regional impact could be comparable to the collapse of the Soviet Union. By Steven Erlanger Steven ...
Watch video or read a summary of a special book launch event featuring a former secretary of defense and other veteran officials discussing the lessons learned from decades of American diplomacy and ...
Alaa Badarneh/EPA, Ronen Zvulun/AP, Alex Brandon/ AP POOL, Wikimedia, IRGC office via EPA, Royal Thai Navy/HANDOUT EPA, The Conversation On February 28, the US and Israel launched a war against Iran ...