Middle East Programs in the News

Charai in The Hill: China’s interference in the Middle East is empowering Iran

By Ahmed Charai

There is no other way to put it: The China-brokered deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran is a body blow to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s efforts to isolate Iran. Netanyahu’s foreign policy goals have also been stymied by Israel’s multiple domestic crises, from unexpectedly strong left-wing opposition to his party’s court reform plans to a spate of shockingly violent […]

Karim Mezran in The National Interest: Four Possible Scenarios for Tunisia’s Political Crisis

By Atlantic Council

Karim Mezran in Arab Digest: No End in Sight: Libya’s Consolidated Criminal Networks

By Atlantic Council

N7 Initiative convenes Arab and Israeli experts to deliberate actionable policy and programming in regional agriculture, food, and water security

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES—MARCH 14-16, 2023—The N7 Initiative, a partnership between the Atlantic Council and the Jeffrey M. Talpins Foundation working to strengthen and deepen Arab-Israeli normalization in the wake of the Abraham Accords, will host the N7 Conference on Agriculture, Water & Food Security March 14-16 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. This […]

Shapiro quoted in Wall Street Journal on Israeli-U.S. Relations

By Atlantic Council

Alissa Pavia quoted in the Washington Post on Israel’s far-right government and its consequences for Abraham Accords agenda

By Atlantic Council

Nusairat in ISPI: A chance for Amman to prove that it still has a meaningful mediating role

By Atlantic Council

Charai in The Hill: A reminder for the fight against despots: Citizens are victims

By Ahmed Charai

The current generation is challenged by democracy’s enemies. On the feeblest pretexts, a charismatic dictator has sent soldiers into a neighboring nation. Once again, the dictator imagines his prey is weak because it is a democracy, backed by other democracies. And, as everyone knows, democracies are ruled by the gales of public opinion, which may […]

Svetlova in State of Tel Aviv: The Battle for Israel’s Jewish Soul: Changing the Law of Return to Exclude Grandchildren

By Atlantic Council

Atlantic Council’s inaugural Rafik Hariri Awards to honor Arab leaders in business, social entrepreneurship, and arts

WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 14, 2023 – The Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East today announced the honorees for the inaugural Rafik Hariri Awards, who will be celebrated at a gala dinner on February 14. As the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center celebrates its tenth anniversary, the awards will honor outstanding figures […]