Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

The Israeli army appears to have absorbed some of the lessons of its troubled 2006 experience fighting against Hezbollah.

Given the two main parties’ growing inability to compromise, it will likely be long and fraught.

Saudi Arabia’s progress under Vision 2030 is impressive, but the journey is not yet over.

After a year of war, Israel, the Palestinian territories, and neighboring countries need a permanent ceasefire. But with development gains erased, billions of dollars in infrastructure damaged, and skyrocketing unemployment, the Middle East also urgently needs a solid reconstruction plan.

A decade has passed since the last elections were held in Libya, and the country remains mired in a stalemate and deeply divided.

The Middle East and North Africa region is well placed to become not just a major source of renewable energy, but also a central and indispensable player in the global energy transition, uniquely able to balance supply and demand for all types of energy, both hydrocarbons and renewables.